ppl. a. = WELL-BELOVED.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 7288. Prophet he was, sir samuel, Wel luued wit godd, for he was lel.

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1473.  Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879), I. 166. Our landis of Cragnenady in Glenyleff to our welluvyt frend Wilzam coly.

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1842.  Tennyson, Ulysses, 35. This is my son, mine own Telemachus,… Well-loved of me.

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1887.  Morris, Odyss., II. 415. E’en so as they had been bidden by Odysseus’ well-loved son.

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1895.  Catholic Mag., Aug., 228. St. Cuthbert’s well-loved Melrose.

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