lof
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Mapudungun lof (“community”).
Noun
lof (plural lofs)
- Community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche, and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco.
Anagrams
- FOL, Flo, LFO, flo', fol., olf
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch lof, from Middle Dutch lof, from Old Dutch lof, from Proto-Germanic *lubą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔf/
Noun
lof (uncountable)
- praise
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔf/
(file) - Hyphenation: lof
- Rhymes: -ɔf
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch lof, from Old Dutch lof, from Proto-West Germanic *lob, from Proto-Germanic *lubą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love”).
Noun
lof m (uncountable)
- praise
- Antonym: blaam
Derived terms
- loflied
- lofprijzen
- lofzang
Descendants
- Afrikaans: lof
- Negerhollands: lof
Etymology 2
Clipping of witlof, related to loof.
Noun
lof n (uncountable)
- Clipping of witlof (“chicory”).
Mapudungun
Noun
lof
- community
Synonyms
- lofche or lofce
Descendants
- → English: lof
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch lof, from Proto-West Germanic *lob.
Noun
lof m or n
- praise
- prestige
Inflection
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Descendants
- Dutch: lof
Further reading
- “lof”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “lof (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English lof (“praise, glory, song of praise, hymn”).
Alternative forms
- lofe, love
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔf/
- (from compounds) IPA(key): /lɔːf/
Noun
lof
- praise, glory
- a. 1225, “In Dominica Palmarum”, in Morris, Richard, editor, Old English Homilies and Homiletic Treatises, published 1868, page 7:
- Drihten, þu dest þe lof of milc drinkende childre muðe.
- Lord, out of milk-drinking children's mouths thou bringest forth praise.
- 1422, Yonge, James, “The Gouvernaunce of Prynces, or Pryvete of Pryveteis”, in Steele, Robert; Henderson, T, editors, Three Prose Versions of the Secreta Secretorum, translation of Secretum Secretorum by anon., published 1898, lines 15–18, page 136:
- For evyll workys may noght be y-hyde anente the Pepill: for the wyche thynge lese he moste his lof, his roialme shall fall, the crovne of his honnoure and of his reuerence he moste faille.
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- price, value
- reputation, honour
Related terms
- lofly
- lovable
- loven
- lovere
- lovynge
Descendants
- English: lofe
- Scots: lof, loif, lowe, loff
References
- “lō̆f, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2017-05-17.
Etymology 2
From Old English hlāf (“bread, loaf, morsel”).
Alternative forms
- lofe, loff, loof, looffe, love
- hlaf, laf (early)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔːf/
Noun
lof (plural loves)
- A loaf (block of bread).
- (more generally) Bread.
Descendants
- English: loaf
- → Norwegian Bokmål: loff
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: loff
- Scots: laif
References
- “lōf, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-07.
Etymology 3
From Old English lōf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loːf/
Noun
lof
- A set of tongs.
References
- “lōf, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-07.
Noun
lof
- Alternative form of love (“love”)
Noun
lof
- Alternative form of love (“palm”)
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
lof m (plural lofs)
- (Jersey, nautical) luff
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *lob.
Cognate with Old Saxon lof, Dutch lof, Old High German lob (German Lob), Old Norse lof (Swedish lov). Related to lēof, lufu, lofian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lof/
Noun
lof n
- praise
- song of praise, hymn
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | lof | lofu |
accusative | lof | lofu |
genitive | lofes | lofa |
dative | lofe | lofum |
Synonyms
- hering
Derived terms
- lofian (“to praise, exalt; to appraise, value”)
- lofdǣd (“praiseworthy deed”)
- lofġeorn (“eager for praise”)
- lofsang (“song of praise”)
Descendants
- Middle English: lof, lofe, love
- English: lofe
- Scots: lof, loif, lowe, loff
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *lōfō, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô. Cognate with Icelandic lófi, Gothic 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loːf/
Noun
lōf m (nominative plural lōfas)
- (anatomy) the palm of the hand
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- Hæfde sigora weard on þam wangstede wǣre betolden lēofne lēodfruman mid lōfe sīnum […]
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Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | lōf | lōfas |
accusative | lōf | lōfas |
genitive | lōfes | lōfa |
dative | lōfe | lōfum |
Related terms
- glōf
Descendants
- Middle English: lofe, loofe, love, loove
- English: loof
- Scots: lufe, luif
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lubą (“praise”), whence also German Lob. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”).
Noun
lof n
- praise
- Synonym: hróðr
- Antonyms: háð, spott
- leave, permission
- (plural only) license
- þeir skulu ráða lǫgum ok lofum
- the administration rests with them
Declension
neuter | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | lof | lofit | lof | lofin |
accusative | lof | lofit | lof | lofin |
dative | lofi | lofinu | lofum | lofunum |
genitive | lofs | lofsins | lofa | lofanna |
Derived terms
- almannalof n (“universal praise”)
- alþýðalof n (“general praise”)
- eyrnalof n (“vain praise”)
- fagnaðarlof n (“praise from a joyous heart”)
- lofa (“to praise”)
- lofdrápa f (“laudatory poem”)
- lofgjarn (“eager for praise”)
- lofgjarnligr (“laudatory”)
- lofgørð f (“praise”)
- lofkvæði n (“encomium”)
- lofligr (“laudatory; praiseworthy”)
- loforð n (“leave, permission”)
- lofsamliga (“gloriously”)
- lofsamligr (“glorious”)
- lofsemd f (“laudation”)
- lofsorð n (“praise”)
- lofsæla f (“esteem, fame”)
- lofsæll (“glorious, famous”)
- lofsǫngr m (“song of praise”)
- orlof n (“permission”)
- orðlof n (“praise”)
Related terms
- ljúfr (“dear, beloved”)
- leyfa (“to permit”)
- leyfi n (“permission”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: lof
- Faroese: lov
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lov
- Norwegian Bokmål: lov
- Old Swedish: lof
- Swedish: lov, lof (pre-1906 spelling)
- Danish: lov
References
- “lof”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Noun
lof c or n
- Obsolete spelling of lov (“permission”)