lofsom

Middle English

Alternative forms

lossom, lossum, lovesome

Etymology

From Old English lufsum

Adjective

lofsom

beautiful, lovely
- c. 1300, Anonymous, "Alison" (as printed in Oxford Book of English Verse, 1900):
  With lossum chere he on me loh
friendly

References

“lofsom” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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