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† ˈloteby Obs.
Forms: 4 lotebi, ludby, lut(t)by, 4–5 loteby, 5 lotby.
[f. lote v.1 + by adv.]
A lover, a paramour.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 1731 But þere þe wyfe haunteþ foly Undyr here husbande a ludby, Comunly she wyl neuere blynne. 13..Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1443 Sche stal awai..And wente to here lotebi. c1325Metr. Hom. 82 When scho left Criste hir leve luttby, And toke hir to a synfull man. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. iii. 146 To holde lemmons and lotebyes al heor lyf-dayes. c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 2148 Anothyr lotby scho nam. 1426Audelay Poems 5 He wold here selle that he had boȝt,..And takys to hym a loteby. |