lofe
English
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Etymology 1
From Middle English lofe, lof (“praise, price”), from Old English lof (“praise, glory, repute, song of praise, hymn”), from Proto-Germanic *lubą (“praise, permission”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, like”). Cognate with Scots lofe (“an offer”), North Frisian lof (“praise”), Dutch lof (“praise, glory, commendation”), German Lob (“praise, commendation, tribute”), Icelandic lof (“praise”).
Noun
lofe (plural lofes)
- (West Midlands and Northern England) An offer; choice; an opportunity; chance.
- 1869, Alexander Craig Gibson, The Folk-Speech of Cumberland and Some Districts Adjacent[1], page 212:
- "Yance I hed t' lofe an' I'd luck to say no, an' I niver hed t' lofe ageàn."—Said by an elderly spinster.
Etymology 2
From Middle English loven, from Old English lofian (“to praise, exalt, appraise, value, set a price on”), from Proto-Germanic *lubōną (“to praise, vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, like”). Cognate with Scots lofe, love (“to offer at a price”), North Frisian lowe (“to vow, swear”), Dutch loven (“to praise, bless, commend”), German loben (“to praise, laud, commend”), Icelandic lofa (“to promise, praise, allow”). More at love (Etymology 3).
Verb
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- (transitive, UK dialectal) To praise; commend.
- (transitive, West Midlands and Northern England) To offer; offer at a price; expose for sale.
- 1899, William Dickinson, Edward William Prevost, Simon Dickson Brown, A Glossary of the Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland[2], page 202:
- Ah'd lofed him it an' he wadn't tak 't.
References
- Wright, Joseph (1902) The English Dialect Dictionary[3], volume 3, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 640
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Pronunciation
Verb
lofe
- first-person singular present indicative of lofer
- third-person singular present indicative of lofer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of lofer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of lofer
- second-person singular imperative of lofer
Middle English
Noun
lofe (plural lofes)
- Alternative spelling of lof
- c. 1175, “Dominica in Quadragessima”, in Belfour, Algernon Ikey, editor, Twelfth Century Homilies in MS Bodley 343[4], published 1909, page 48, lines 12–14:
- Æt þam ytemestan, broðor mine, hér æfter fyliȝæð þeo mongung be þare ælmessæn lofe.
- In conclusion, my brethren, after this comes an exhortation in praise of charity.
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