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English

Noun

qof

1. Alternative spelling of qoph

Finnish

Noun

qof

1. qoph (nineteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

Declension

Somali

Noun

qof ?

1. person

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 *lub?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?- (“love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?f/

Noun

lof (uncountable)

1. praise

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?f/
• Hyphenation: lof
• Rhymes: -?f

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lof, from Old Dutch lof, from Proto-Germanic *lub?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?- (“love”).

Noun

lof m (uncountable)

1. praise

   Antonym: blaam

Derived terms

• loflied
• lofprijzen
• lofzang

Descendants

• Afrikaans: 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-Germanic *lub?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?- (“love”).

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”), from Proto-Germanic *lub?.

Alternative forms

• lofe, love

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l?f/

Noun

lof

1. praise, glory
2. price, value
3. reputation, honour

Descendants

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

References

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

Etymology 2

From Old English hl?f (“bread, loaf, morsel”), form Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz.

Alternative forms

• lofe, love, loof, loff, looffe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l??f/

Noun

lof

2. A loaf or portion of bread.
3. Bread in general.

Descendants

• English: loaf
• Scots: laif

References

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

Etymology 3

From Old English l?f.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lo?f/

Noun

lof

1. A set of tongs.

References

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

Norman

Etymology

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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 l?of, lufu, lofian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lof/

Noun

lof n

1. praise, glory
2. song of praise, hymn

Declension

Derived terms

• lofd?d

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *l?fô. Cognate with Icelandic lófi, Gothic ???????????????? (l?fa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo?f/

Noun

l?f m (nominative plural l?fas)

1. (anatomy) the palm of the hand

Declension

Related terms

• gl?f

Descendants

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

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

lof n

1. praise
2. leave, permission
3. (plural only) license

Declension

Related terms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• lof in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Noun

lof c or n

1. Obsolete spelling of lov (“permission”)