love-drinkn.
/ˈlʌvdrɪŋk/, U.S. /ˈləvˌdrɪŋk/ A love potion, a philtre.
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the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > potion or drug used to promote love
love-drinkc1330
love-cup1561
philtre?a1563
loving cup1584
love potiona1586
love powder1592
love-juice1593
philtrum1609
love charma1627
amatory1635
love draught1647
love philtre1665
love dose1709
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > potion or drug to promote love
love-drinkc1330
love-cup1561
philtre?a1563
love potiona1586
love powder1592
love-juice1593
philtrum1609
love draught1647
love philtre1665
love dose1709
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1710 Sche tok þat loue drink.
c1390 (?a1325) Long Charter of Christ (Vernon) A. l. 167 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 649 A loue-drynke I asked of þe.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 728 That for he sholde alwey vp on hir thynke She yaf hym swich a manere loue drynke That he was deed er it were by the morwe.
a1525 G. Myll Spectakle of Luf in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 278 The wyffis of Rome..to caus thare husbandis to haif desyr to thaime gaif thaim drinkis..the quhilk thai callit luf drinkis.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. iv. vii. 60 Of charmed loue drinkes: of diuelish, & dronken dreames: of assistent, and associate spirites.
1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars Annot. 27* He suspected, that she had given him some love-drinks.
1666 ‘T. H.’ in tr. Horace Poems iv. 161 By Art Magick make a Love-drink of his Liver and Marrow.
1730 J. Robertson Καινα και Παλαια xvii. 325 Phylters, or Love-drinks (as they call them) stimulate to all Manner of fleshly Lusts.
1849 H. Christmas Cradle of Twin Giants II. vii. 260 To as great effect does the Virgin Parchment serve, as doth the amorous potion or love drink.
1884 W. Besant Dorothy Forster I. i. 15 As for her father, sure he gave a love-drink to her mother, else how should an honest farmer's wench go follow a gipsy tramp.
1931 J. Masefield Love Gift in Poems (1946) 717 Tristan and the Queen were lovers sworn Both having drunk the love-drink meant for Marc.
1952 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 65 332 The girl..also falls in love with the boy with the help of a love drink from the same saint.
2004 R. Scruton Death-devoted Heart iii. 72 Brangäne meanwhile has awoken Isolde and endeavors to explain to her that she had revealed the secret of the love drink to the king.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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