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See also: löf, lôf, and LOF

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun lof (“community”).

Noun

lof (plural lofs)

  1. Community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche, and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lof, from Middle Dutch lof, from Old Dutch lof, from Proto-Germanic *lubą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lof (uncountable)

  1. praise

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔf/
  • Audio:(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)

  1. praise
    Antonym: blaam
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: lof
  • Negerhollands: lof

Etymology 2

Clipping of witlof, related to loof.

Noun

lof n (uncountable)

  1. Clipping of witlof (“chicory”).

Mapudungun

Noun

lof

  1. 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

  1. praise
  2. prestige

Inflection

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Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English lof (“praise, glory, song of praise, hymn”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔf/
  • (from compounds) IPA(key): /lɔːf/, /lɒːf/

Noun

lof

  1. praise, glory
    • a. 1225, “In Dominica Palmarum”, in Richard Morris, 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, “The Gouvernaunce of Prynces, or Pryvete of Pryveteis”, in James Yonge, transl., edited by Robert Steele and T Henderson, Three Prose Versions of the Secreta Secretorum‎, translation of Secretum Secretorum by Anonymous (in Arabic), published 1898, page 136, lines 15–18:
      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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. price, value
  3. reputation, honour
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Old English hlāf (“bread, loaf, morsel”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

lof (plural loves)

  1. A loaf (block of bread).
  2. (more generally) Bread.
Descendants
References

Etymology 3

From Old English lōf.

Pronunciation

Noun

lof

  1. A set of tongs.
References

Etymology 4

Noun

lof

  1. Alternative form of love (“love”)

Etymology 5

Noun

lof

  1. Alternative form of love (“palm”)

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

lof m (plural lofs)

  1. (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

Noun

lof n

  1. praise
  2. song of praise, hymn
Declension

Strong a-stem:

More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
nominative lof lofu
accusative lof lofu
genitive lofes lofa
dative lofe lofum
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Synonyms
Derived terms
  • lofian (“to praise, exalt; to appraise, value”)
  • lofdǣd (“praiseworthy deed”)
  • lofġeorn (“eager for praise”)
  • lofsang (“song of praise”)
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *lōfō, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô. Cognate with Icelandic lófi, Gothic 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa).

Pronunciation

Noun

lōf m (nominative plural lōfas)

  1. (anatomy) the palm of the hand
    • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Hæfde sigora weard on þam wangstede wǣre betolden lēofne lēodfruman mid lōfe sīnum […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

Strong a-stem:

More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
nominative lōf lōfas
accusative lōf lōfas
genitive lōfes lōfa
dative lōfe lōfum
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Descendants

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lubą (“praise”), whence also German Lob. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”).

Noun

lof n

  1. praise
    Synonym: hróðr
    Antonyms: háð, spott
  2. leave, permission
  3. (plural only) license
    þeir skulu ráða lǫgum ok lofum
    the administration rests with them

Declension

More information neuter, singular ...
Declension of lof (strong a-stem)
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
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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”)
  • ljúfr (“dear, beloved”)
  • leyfa (“to permit; to praise”)
  • 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

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lof”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Noun

lof c or n

  1. Obsolete spelling of lov (“permission”).

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