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lof

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See also: löf, lôf, and LOF

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mapudungun lof (community).

Noun

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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.

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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lof (uncountable)

  1. praise

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lɔf/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: lof
  • Rhymes: -ɔf

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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lof m (uncountable)

  1. praise
    Antonym: blaam
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  • Afrikaans: lof
  • Negerhollands: lof

Etymology 2

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Clipping of witlof, related to loof.

Noun

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lof n (uncountable)

  1. clipping of witlof (chicory)

Mapudungun

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Noun

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lof

  1. community

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Descendants

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  • English: lof

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch lof, from Proto-West Germanic *lob.

Noun

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lof m or n

  1. praise
  2. prestige

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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lof

  1. praise, glory
    • a. 1225, “In Dominica Palmarum”, in Richard Morris, editor, Old English Homilies and Homiletic Treatises[1], 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[2], 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.
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  2. price, value
  3. reputation, honour
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Etymology 2

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

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    Noun

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    lof (plural loves)

    1. loaf (block of bread)
    2. (more generally) bread
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    Etymology 3

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    From Old English lōf.

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    lof

    1. A set of tongs.
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    Noun

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    lof

    1. Alternative form of love (love)

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    Noun

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    lof

    1. Alternative form of love (palm)

    Norman

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Noun

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    lof m (plural lofs)

    1. (Jersey, nautical) luff

    Old English

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    Etymology 1

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    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.

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    lof n

    1. praise
    2. song of praise, hymn
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    Strong a-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative lof lofu
    accusative lof lofu
    genitive lofes lofa
    dative lofe lofum
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    • lofian (to praise, exalt; to appraise, value)
    • lofdǣd (praiseworthy deed)
    • lofġeorn (eager for praise)
    • lofsang (song of praise)
    • lofsum (praiseworthy)
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    Etymology 2

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

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    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 []
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    Strong a-stem:

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    Old Norse

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    Etymology

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

    Noun

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    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

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    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

    Derived terms

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    • ljúfr (dear, beloved)
    • leyfa (to permit; to praise)
    • leyfi n (permission)

    Descendants

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    • Icelandic: lof
    • Faroese: lov
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: lov
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lov
    • Old Swedish: lof
      • Swedish: lov, lof (pre-1906 spelling)
    • Danish: lov

    Further reading

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

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    lof c or n

    1. obsolete spelling of lov (permission)