lof

See also: löf, lôf, and LOF

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun lof (“community”).

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• FOL, Flo, LFO, flo', fol., olf

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔf/

Noun

lof (uncountable)

1. praise

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔf/

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• Hyphenation: lof
• Rhymes: -ɔf

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lof m (uncountable)

1. praise

   Antonym: blaam

Derived terms

• loffelijk
• loflied
• lofprijzen
• lofzang

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lof
• Negerhollands: lof

Etymology 2

Clipping of witlof, related to loof.

Noun

lof n (uncountable)

1. Clipping of witlof (“chicory”).

Mapudungun

Noun

lof

1. community

Synonyms

• lofche or lofce

Descendants

• → English: lof

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

lof m or n

1. praise
2. prestige

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: lof

Further reading

• “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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• lofe, love

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. price, value
3. reputation, honour

Related terms

• lofly
• lovable
• loven
• lovere
• lovynge

Descendants

• English: lofe
• Scots: lof, loif, lowe, loff

References

• “lō̆f, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2017-05-17.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz

Proto-West Germanic *hlaib

Old English hlāf

Middle English lof

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

Alternative forms

• lofe, loff, loof, looffe, love
• hlaf, laf (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔːf/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /laːf/

Noun

lof (plural loves)

1. A loaf (block of bread).
2. (more generally) Bread.

Descendants

• English: loaf
  • → Bengali: লোফ (lōph)
  • → Marshallese: ļoob
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: loff
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: loff
  • → Scottish Gaelic: lofa
• Scots: laif

References

• “lōf, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-07.

Etymology 3

From Old English lōf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːf/

Noun

lof

1. A set of tongs.

References

• “lōf, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-07.

Etymology 4

Noun

lof

1. Alternative form of love (“love”)

Etymology 5

Noun

lof

1. Alternative form of love (“palm”)

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

lof m (plural lofs)

1. (Jersey, nautical) luff

Old English

Etymology 1

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

• IPA^(key): /lof/

Noun

lof n

1. praise
2. song of praise, hymn

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	lof	lofu
accusative	lof	lofu
genitive	lofes	lofa
dative	lofe	lofum

Synonyms

• hering

Derived terms

• lofian (“to praise, exalt; to appraise, value”)
• lofdǣd (“praiseworthy deed”)
• lofġeorn (“eager for praise”)
• lofsang (“song of praise”)

Descendants

• Middle English: lof, lofe, love
  • English: lofe
  • Scots: lof, loif, lowe, loff

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːf/

Noun

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 […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	lōf	lōfas
accusative	lōf	lōfas
genitive	lōfes	lōfa
dative	lōfe	lōfum

Related terms

• glōf

Descendants

• Middle English: lofe, loofe, love, loove
  • English: loof
  • Scots: lufe, luif

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Declension

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

• 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

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

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

lof c or n

1. Obsolete spelling of lov (“permission”).