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loff
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English lof, from Old English lof (“praise, glory, repute”). More at lofe.
Noun
loff (plural loffs)
- Alternative form of lofe
Etymology 2
From Middle English loven, from Old English lofian (“to praise, exalt, appraise, value”). More at lofe, love (Etymology 2).
Verb
loff (third-person singular simple present loffs, present participle loffing, simple past and past participle loffed)
- Alternative form of lofe
Anagrams
- FFLO
Middle English
Noun
loff
- Alternative form of lof (“loaf”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English loaf, from Old English hl?f, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz. Doublet of leiv.
Noun
loff m (definite singular loffen, indefinite plural loffar, definite plural loffane)
- a (loaf of) white bread
References
- “loff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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loof
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u?f
Etymology 1
From Middle English lufe, love, lofe, luf (“palm of the hand”), from Old English l?f, *l?fa, from Proto-Germanic *l?fô (“palm of the hand; paw; oar blade, paddle”).
Noun
loof (plural loofs)
- (anatomy, now chiefly dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The palm of the hand.
- (anatomy, now chiefly dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.
Etymology 2
From Middle English lof (“a contrivance for altering a ship's course, paddle, oar”), from Middle Dutch loef (“an oar or paddle used in steering”), ultimately of the same origin as Etymology 1. Compare luff.
Noun
loof (plural loofs)
- (nautical, obsolete) A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
- (nautical) The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.
Etymology 3
From Egyptian Arabic ????? (l?f).
Noun
loof (uncountable)
- The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca).
Related terms
- loofah
Anagrams
- Olof, floo, fool
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo?f/
- Hyphenation: loof
- Rhymes: -o?f
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch lôof, from Old Dutch *l?f, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laub?.
Noun
loof n (uncountable)
- foliage
Derived terms
- loofboom
- loofbos
- witloof
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
loof
- first-person singular present indicative of loven
- imperative of loven
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *l?f, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laub?.
Noun
lôof n
- leaf
- foliage, leaves
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: loof
- Limburgish: louf
Further reading
- “loof”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “loof (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
Middle English
Noun
loof
- Alternative form of lof (“loaf”)
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