Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete or dialectal form of
loof . - noun An obsolete form of
loof , luff. - noun An obsolete form of
love .
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Examples
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Probably the most satisfying time in my proffessional lufe was when “Sector Policing” was in vogue under the Conservatives.
What Really Matters At The Top « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Age Group: 65+ There is hardly anything I can think of in my daily lufe today that existed when I was born other than electricity and the airplane.
This I Believe Ben 2005
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[348] "When I had takene my syngulere purpos and lefte the seculere habyte, and I be-ganne mare to serve God than mane, it fell one a nyghte als I lay in my reste, in the begynnynge of my conversyone, thare appered to me a full faire yonge womane, the whilke I had sene be-fore, and the whilke luffed me noght lyttil in gude lufe."
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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Swá ibrúce ic mine {25} rice ne scule ȝíe mine mete ibite. ac scule þa þe hit mid mire lufe ȝearnede.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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If pou wil lufe, pan may pou syng til Cryst in melody,
Love is Life 1917
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For now lufe pow, I rede, Cryste, as I pe tell: 45
Love is Life 1917
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Pare es na tonge in erth my tell of lufe pe swetness;
Love is Life 1917
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Lufe vs clenses of oure syn, lufe vs bote sall bryng;
Love is Life 1917
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In erth pow hate, I rede, all pat pi lufe may fell:
Love is Life 1917
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Pe lufe of hym ouercoms al thyng, parto pou traiste trewly.
Love is Life 1917
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