A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1605
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
(Luve-,) Lovesum, a. Also: lovesom(e, lowesum. [ME. luue-, louesum (14th c.), late ME. and e.m.E. lovesom(e; var. of Lufesum. Cf. also Lusum.] Lovable, admirable; lovely, beautiful. ? 15.. Dunb. To London 46.
Fair be their wives, right lovesom, white and small 15.. Clariodus iii. 773.
Scho … beheld … Hir plesant port, hir sweit and louesum face a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 99 (Wr.).
With layes of lovesome larks a1605 Id. Son. lxi. 12. a1605 Id. Misc. P. xxxvi. 1.
O lovesome lady, lamp of light! 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. in Pitsc. I. 277/16.
Lowesum 1603 Philotus § 61.
Ȝour louesum lips sad, soft, and sweit
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Lovesum adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/lovesum>
