Etymology

A compound of OE lufu 'love' +  lowe (n.).

PGmc Ancestor

*lugōn

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

logi 'flame'
(ONP logi (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far logi, Icel logi, Norw loge, Dan lue, Sw låga

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

B2ac

Attestation

The earliest citations of lowe in MED and OED come from The Orrmulum; more widespread attestations occur subsequently, but N texts predominate. N and Sc in modern dial.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Cl 707

Bibliography

MED loue (n.2) , OED3 lowe (n.) , HTOED , Bj. 216, de Vries logi (1), Mag. logi