hlaf

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Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

hlaf

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of lof (“loaf, bread”)

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *hlaib, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz. May cognate with Polish chleb, Czech chléb, Serbo-Croatian hlȅb, Slovene hlẹ̑b.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /xlɑːf/, [l̥ɑːf]

Noun[edit]

hlāf m

bread
loaf

Declension[edit]

Declension of hlaf (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hlāf	hlāfas
accusative	hlāf	hlāfas
genitive	hlāfes	hlāfa
dative	hlāfe	hlāfum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: lof, lofe, loff, loof, looffe, love; hlaf, laf
- English: loaf
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: loff
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: loff
- Scots: laif

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