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Quotation dates: 1399-1494, 1550-1568
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Lufing, vbl. n. Also: luff-, luiff-, and -yng. [ME. (north.) lufing (14th c.). Cf. Luving.] The action of Lufe v.1: Loving, love (in the general or the amorous sense). a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 156.
[I can] helpe thé for to sped thi thing Gyf thi cause be of luffyng c1420 Ratis Raving 1061.
That may thaim weill to purpos bringe And gar enschew of thi lufing c1420 Ib. 1079.
With faire sembland of suet lufinge ?1438 Alex. ii. 2237.
I think nouthir quhare on luffing Bot on dam Ydeas the ȝing ?1438 Ib. 3246.
For that he but fenȝeing Wald haue had of Gaudefere lele lufing ?1438 Ib. 2481, 3726, 6850, etc. 1456 Hay II. 129/32.
[In summer] is it spedefull to be resonable in latis of lufing c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v. 623.
Suppos at yhe in luffyng feill amys 1494 Loutfut MS. 26 b.
[The peacock] dresses wp his taill to mak a quheill for luffing of folkis and of his famell c1550-60 Arundel MS. 286/239.
Gar my hert birn in luffing of Jesu Crist 1568 Anderson Collect. Mary IV. ii. 75.
That quhilk is wonne throuche faythfull yea only luiffing yow
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