† lotebyn.

Forms: Middle English lotby, Middle English lotebi, Middle English loteby, Middle English lotebyȝe, Middle English lotoby, Middle English lubytens (plural, transmission error), Middle English ludby, Middle English ludly (transmission error), Middle English lutby, Middle English luteby, Middle English luttbye.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lote v.¹, by adv.

Etymology: < lote v.¹ + by adv.Attested earlier as a surname: Willelmus Loteby (1309), Willelmus loeteby (1327).

Obsolete.

A lover, esp. an illicit or clandestine one; a paramour. Also in devotional use: = paramour n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun]

friendOE

lovendOE

lotebyc1330

lovera1382

honeyc1405

amorousa1492

belovera1492

amant1508

fantasera1547

mate1549

Romeo?1566

inamorato1592

amorite1597

amorettoc1600

inamorate1602

amorado1607

enamorate1607

amoroso1616

admirer1640

passionate1651

brother starling1675

sweethearter1854

lovebird1858

mateya1864

jelly roll1895

lovekin1896

main squeeze1896

lovekins1920

romancer1923

playmate1928

heartthrob1929

bae2006

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > as lover or spouse

spousea1200

lotebyc1330

paramoura1400

lover1574

c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 1309 Sche stal awai..And wente to here lotebi.

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. l. 146 To holde Lemmons and Lotebyes al heor lyf-dayes.

c1390 MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 301 Heo haþ..mad hire feir..fforte paye hire lotebys: Muche more ouhte we vs greiþe vre soule..fforte paye God almihti þat is vre soules lotebi.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 1731 But þere þe wyfe haunteþ foly Vndyr here husbande a ludby, Comunly she wyl neuere blynne.

a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Archbishop & Nun (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Lote-bi Scho chaungid wricchidlye When scho left Criste, hir leue luttbye, And toke hir to a synfull man For to be his lemmane.

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 4 He wold here selle þat he had boȝt,..And takys to hym a lotoby.

a1450 Seven Sages (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) l. 2148 Anothyr lotby scho nam.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxxv. 10 (MED) With other, that has thoght on any lutby bisyde, he has litill daynteth to dwell.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	loteby
释义	† lotebyn. Forms: Middle English lotby, Middle English lotebi, Middle English loteby, Middle English lotebyȝe, Middle English lotoby, Middle English lubytens (plural, transmission error), Middle English ludby, Middle English ludly (transmission error), Middle English lutby, Middle English luteby, Middle English luttbye. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lote v.¹, by adv. Etymology: < lote v.¹ + by adv.Attested earlier as a surname: Willelmus Loteby (1309), Willelmus loeteby (1327). Obsolete. A lover, esp. an illicit or clandestine one; a paramour. Also in devotional use: = paramour n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] friendOE lovendOE lotebyc1330 lovera1382 honeyc1405 amorousa1492 belovera1492 amant1508 fantasera1547 mate1549 Romeo?1566 inamorato1592 amorite1597 amorettoc1600 inamorate1602 amorado1607 enamorate1607 amoroso1616 admirer1640 passionate1651 brother starling1675 sweethearter1854 lovebird1858 mateya1864 jelly roll1895 lovekin1896 main squeeze1896 lovekins1920 romancer1923 playmate1928 heartthrob1929 bae2006 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > as lover or spouse spousea1200 lotebyc1330 paramoura1400 lover1574 c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 1309 Sche stal awai..And wente to here lotebi. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. l. 146 To holde Lemmons and Lotebyes al heor lyf-dayes. c1390 MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 301 Heo haþ..mad hire feir..fforte paye hire lotebys: Muche more ouhte we vs greiþe vre soule..fforte paye God almihti þat is vre soules lotebi. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 1731 But þere þe wyfe haunteþ foly Vndyr here husbande a ludby, Comunly she wyl neuere blynne. a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Archbishop & Nun (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Lote-bi Scho chaungid wricchidlye When scho left Criste, hir leue luttbye, And toke hir to a synfull man For to be his lemmane. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 4 He wold here selle þat he had boȝt,..And takys to hym a lotoby. a1450 Seven Sages (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) l. 2148 Anothyr lotby scho nam. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxxv. 10 (MED) With other, that has thoght on any lutby bisyde, he has litill daynteth to dwell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1330
随便看	to love with to lower one's sights to lower one's voice to lower or strike one's flag to lower the bar to lower the boom to lower the boom on to lower the drawbridge to lower the tone to lubber it to lucian it to luck ill to luck into to luck on to luck out to luck up to luck upon to luck well to luff nigh the weather to lug forth to lug out to lull a person into a false sense of security to lull into a false sense of security to lump in or into, occasionally under to lump into or with