Lufen

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - lufen

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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lufen
f. Hope[?] :-- Sceal eall éðelwyn eówrum cynne lufen álicgean [lufena licgean, MS.] all delight in their country and hope shall fail your kin, Beo. Th. 5764; B. 2886. [Grein who emends thus compares lufen with Gothic lubains; Grimm takes lufen = leofen victus, R. A.731.] lufen
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