"lover" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /luˈveːr/, /ˈluvər/, /loːˈveːr/, /ˈloːvər/ Forms: lovers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French lovier, lover, from Medieval Latin *lōdārium (attested as lōvārium), extension of lōdium, of unclear origin. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|lovier}} Borrowed from Old French lovier, {{der|enm|ML.|*lōdārium}} Medieval Latin *lōdārium Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} lover, {{enm-noun}} lover (plural lovers)
  1. louver (type of turret) Categories (topical): Architecture Synonyms: lovere, lowere, lovyre
    Sense id: en-lover-enm-noun-39oDT0k5 Disambiguation of Architecture: 74 26 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 86 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} lover
  1. Alternative form of lovere (“friend, lover”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lovere (extra: friend, lover)
    Sense id: en-lover-enm-noun-H-9ysahD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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