A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1438, 1490-1499, 1569-1586
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Luf(f, v. Also: lufe, luif. [Var. of Lif v. Common in Leg. S.] To live, in various senses.(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 108, 9.
He dred and sad ‘Liffis thu?’ And he sad ‘Nero, I luff now’ ‘And quha has gert thé luf?’ a1400 Ib. iii. 498.(2) a1400 Legends of the Saints v. 539.
Quhene sancte John had luffit here Fullely fourscore and sextene ȝere a1400 Ib. viii. 91, xliii. 616.(3) a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 686.
Wit thu that in radnes I ma nocht luf in hartly es Till that thou liffis a1400 Ib. iii. 944. a1400 Ib. xviii. 162.
Ilkane lufyt as hyme liste a1400 Ib. xxiv. 108.
Fra thine in-to castyte Thai lufyt furth, scho & he a1400 Ib. xxxii. 309, xlvi. 24. ?1438 Alex. ii. 5848.
Edeas on hir maneir Affectit, for hir amouris fyne. Hir lykit to lufe vnder that lyne a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 251 (Harl.).
To luf [v.rr. leif] in lawte iustlie but iniuris(4) a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 187.
Bot lestely I sall luf sine With my Lord Jhesu a1400 Ib. vi. 295.(5) 1490 Irland Mir. I. 65/4.
For that tyme [sc. in the state of innocence] he [man] lufit of nurising as we do heire a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxxviii. 10.
Seruandis and sic as luifis on fie
