Ge-lufian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-lufian

Add: I. to love, (l] to feel affection for a person :-- Gif gié gelufas mec si diligitis me, Jn. L. 14, 15 : 28. Dú lufades hiá suǽ mec gelufadcs, Jn. L. R. 17, 23 : 24. Suǽ gelufade mec se faeder ic lufade iúih, 15, 9. Ðone ðe Haelend gelufade (amavit), Mt. p. 8, 16. Ðæt hé sí gelufod (-ad, L., R.) ut diligatur, Mk. 12, 32. Gelufodes dilecti, Ps. L. 67, 13. (2) to feel desire for a thing, like :-- Gelufadan menn ðióstro, dilexerunt homines tenebras, Jn. L. 3, 19. Gelufadon uuldor monnes, Jn. L. R. 12, 43. II. to shew affection by gesture, to caress :-- Þ UNCERTAIN hé gelufude mid his brádre hand þá nunnan and ofer þá sculdru geþaccode ut in terga sanctimonialis feminae blandiens alapam daret. Gr. D. 189, 22. ge-lufian