Lufiend

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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lufiend

Add; I. a lover of a person. (1) cf. lufian; I. 1 a :-- Swá swá lufu byð betweóna þám lufiende and þám þe hé lufað, Solil. H. 28, 16. (2) of love between the sexes. Cf. lufian ; I. 2 :-- Ic hæbbe óðerne lufiend . . . sé ðe his geleáfan bring mé lét tó wedde, Hml. S. 7, 27. (3) a protector, cherisher. Cf. lufian ; I. 4 :-- Hé wæs þearfena lufiend cultor pauperum, Gr. D. 329, 13. II. a lover of a thing. (1) cf. lufian ; II. 4 :-- Þú cwén, láre lufigend, Ap. Th. 18, l. . . Ðæs wýsdómes lufiendas amatores sapientiae, Solil. H. 42, 2. (2) cf. lufian ; II. 5 :-- Geornful lufiend cupidus (castitatis) amator, An. Ox. 363. Bróðerrǽdenne lufigendras, Scint. 14, 3. lufiend,lufiend-