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PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 3

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 03regionalMAPPABLE REGION

Old English period; English record before 12th c.

Anglo-Saxon England

love DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

Bosworth–Toller documents Old English lufu; Merriam-Webster traces Middle English love from that form and reports English use before the twelfth century.

COORDINATES STORED
YES
HONEST TO PLOT
YES
PLACEMENT MODE
regional
TIME PRECISION
before
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
2
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

The directly reviewed lexicographic record establishes an English first-known-use horizon before the twelfth century. The route does not promote the older undemonstrated “before 725” label into numeric chronology.

PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗
DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    Love — Word History

    Traces Middle English love from Old English lufu and reports first known noun and verb use before the twelfth century.

    Word History: Etymology and First Known UseAUDIT SOURCE ↗
  2. supports

    Bosworth–Toller: lufu

    Documents Old English lufu with cited textual uses and meanings including love and acts prompted by love.

    Entry “lufu,” permanent record 54831AUDIT SOURCE ↗