lof

See also: löf and lôf

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

Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔf

Noun

lof m (uncountable)

  1. praise
    Antonym: blaam

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From loof

Noun

lof n (uncountable)

  1. Clipping of witlof (“chicory”).

Mapudungun

Noun

lof

  1. community

Synonyms

  • lofche or lofce

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

lof m, n

  1. praise
  2. prestige

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “lof”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “lof (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /lɔf/

Noun

lof

  1. praise, glory
    • a. 1225, “In Dominica Palmarum”, in Morris, Richard, editor, Old English Homilies and Homiletic Treatises‎, 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, Yonge, James, “The Gouvernaunce of Prynces, or Pryvete of Pryveteis”, in Steele, Robert; Henderson, T, editors, Three Prose Versions of the Secreta Secretorum‎, translation of Secretum Secretorum by anon., published 1898, lines 15–18, page 136:
      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.
  2. price, value
  3. reputation, honour
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /lɔːf/

Noun

lof

  1. A loaf or portion of bread.
  2. Bread in general.
Descendants
  • English: loaf
  • Scots: laif
References

Etymology 3

From Old English lōf.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /loːf/

Noun

lof

  1. A set of tongs.
References

Norman

Noun

lof m (plural lofs)

  1. (Jersey, nautical) luff

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *lubą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love”). 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): /ˈlof/

Noun

lof n

  1. praise, glory
  2. song of praise, hymn
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloːf/

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 […]
Inflection
Descendants

Swedish

Noun

lof c, n

  1. Obsolete spelling of lov (“permission”)
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