lófi

See also: lofi and lo-fi

Icelandic

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lófi

lófi

úlnliður

þumall

(þumalfingur)

vísifingur

(bendifingur)

langatöng

(langastöng)

baugfingur

(hringfingur)

litlifingur

(litliputti,

lilliputti)

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handleggur

handleggur

Etymology

From Old Norse lófi, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlouːvɪ/

  Rhymes: -ouːvɪ

• IPA^(key): /ˈlouːɪ/

  Rhymes: -ouːɪ

Noun

lófi m (genitive singular lófa, nominative plural lófar)

1. palm (of the hand)

Derived terms

• lófatölva

Anagrams

• flói

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *lōfô.

Noun

lófi m (genitive lófa, plural lófar)

1. the palm or hollow of the hand

Declension

  Declension of lófi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lófi	lófinn	lófar	lófarnir
accusative	lófa	lófann	lófa	lófana
dative	lófa	lófanum	lófum	lófunum
genitive	lófa	lófans	lófa	lófanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: lófi
• Faroese: lógvi
• Norn: løf, löf
• Norwegian Nynorsk: love
• Old Swedish: lōve
  • Swedish: love
• Danish: love
• Gutnish: loe, lo
• → Middle English: love, lof, loove, louf, luf, lufe, luff, luffe
  • English: loof
  • Scots: luif, lufe, luff

See also

• hǫnd