lof
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Mapudungun lof (“community”).
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch lof, from Middle Dutch lof, from Old Dutch lof, from Proto-Germanic *lubą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lof (uncountable)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch lof, from Old Dutch lof, from Proto-West Germanic *lob, from Proto-Germanic *lubą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love”).
Noun
[edit]lof m (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Clipping of witlof, related to loof.
Noun
[edit]lof n (uncountable)
Mapudungun
[edit]Noun
[edit]lof
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: lof
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch lof, from Proto-West Germanic *lob.
Noun
[edit]lof m or n
Inflection
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Descendants
[edit]- Dutch: lof
Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English lof (“praise, glory, song of praise, hymn”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lof
- praise, glory
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- price, value
- reputation, honour
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “lō̆f, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2017-05-17.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old English hlāf (“bread, loaf, morsel”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lof (plural loves)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “lōf, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-07.
Etymology 3
[edit]From Old English lōf.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lof
References
[edit]- “lōf, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-07.
Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]lof
- Alternative form of love (“love”)
Etymology 5
[edit]Noun
[edit]lof
- Alternative form of love (“palm”)
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]lof m (plural lofs)
Old English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]lof n
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | lof | lofu |
accusative | lof | lofu |
genitive | lofes | lofa |
dative | lofe | lofum |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- lofian (“to praise, exalt; to appraise, value”)
- lofdǣd (“praiseworthy deed”)
- lofġeorn (“eager for praise”)
- lofsang (“song of praise”)
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *lōfō, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô. Cognate with Icelandic lófi, Gothic 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lōf m (nominative plural lōfas)
- (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
[edit]Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | lōf | lōfas |
accusative | lōf | lōfas |
genitive | lōfes | lōfa |
dative | lōfe | lōfum |
Related terms
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[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *lubą (“praise”), whence also German Lob. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”).
Noun
[edit]lof n
- praise
- leave, permission
- (plural only) license
- þeir skulu ráða lǫgum ok lofum
- the administration rests with them
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- 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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “lof”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]lof c or n
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