Lufu is fēlung þe is gesibb atyhtunge. Þæt ƿord mæg tǣcnan ǣnige fēlunge þe is oþþe strang licung be āƿihte (þæs "Ic lufie gold") oþþe legertīemende lufe oþþe sibblice lufe (þæs "Ic lufie mīn ƿīf and cildru") oþþe frēondlice lufe (þæs "Ic lufie mīnne gelufodostan frēond") oþþe geānlǣhte godcunde lufe (þæs "Ic lufie mīne sibblingas on Crīste").
Lufu ƿyrceþ hefig dǣl on missenlicum gecyndum frēonscipa and is ān betƿeox þǣm gemǣnostum andtimbrum on þǣm gescieppendum cræftum.
On gelēafum
Lufu ƿyrceþ hefige on manigum gelēafum.
On Crīstendōme
On Crīstendōme is lufu gesmēad sƿīðe hefig. Se Hǣlend sægde on bēc Marces, "'And þū scealt lufian þīnne God þone Dryhten þurh ealle þīne heortan, and ealle þīne sāƿole, and eallne þīnne mōd, and ealle þīne strengðe.' Þis is þæt formeste bod," and ēac, "and þæt ōðer, þe is gelīc him, is þis: 'Þū scealt lufian þīnne nēahbūere sƿā sƿā self.'"
