lufræden

Old English

Etymology

From lufu (“love”) +‎ -rǣden

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlufˌræː.den/, [ˈluvˌræː.den]

Noun

lufrǣden f

1. love

Descendants

• Middle English: loverede, loveraden, loveradene, love-rede, lovereden, lufredene, lufredyn (Northern)
  • Middle Scots: luferent, lufrent, luferand, lufferand, luifrent

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “luf-rǽdenn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.