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# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wilson, Rev. Bernard Robert

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wilson, Rev. Bernard Robert, 3s. Robert Francis, of London, cler. Keble Coll., matric. 16 Oct., 1876, aged 19; scholar 1876-80, B.A. 1880, M.A. 1885, examining chaplain to Bishop (Hellmuth) of Brisbane 1885.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wilson, Matthew Wharton

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wilson, Matthew Wharton, 1s. Matthew, of Bradford, Yorks, arm. (after a baronet). Christ Church, matric. 15 May, 1845, aged 18; of Ablington, co. Gloucester, J.P. See Foster's Baronetage.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wilson, Miles

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wilson, Miles, s. Edward, of Beralls, Westmoreland, pleb. Queen's Coll., matric. 3 Dec., 1728, aged 18.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wilson, Plumpton Steavenson

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wilson, Plumpton Steavenson, 1s. Plumpton, of Northborough, near Ilchester, Somerset, cler. Exeter Coll., matric. 30 May, 1849, aged 18; B.A. 1853, M.A. 1856, vicar of West Pinchbeck, Lincoln, 1863-76, and of Horbling 1876, See Rugby School Reg. 243; & Robinson, 281.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Williams, Thomas (42)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Williams, Thomas, 1s. Stephen, of Llansantffraid, co. Montgomery, gent. Jesus Coll., matric. 26 Oct., 1874, aged 19; scholar 1874-9, B.A. 1878, M.A. 1881.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Williams, Thomas (6)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Williams, Thomas, s. William, of Tally, co. Carmarthen, pleb. Jesus Coll., matric. 27 April, 1724, aged 20.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Williams, Thomas (7)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Williams, Thomas, s. Thomas, of Swansea, co. Glamorgan, gent. Jesus Coll., matric. 24 May, 1734, aged 18; B.A. 24 Jan., 1737-8, M.A. 1740, B.Med. 1743.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Williams, Thomas (8)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Williams, Thomas, s. Thomas of Llanspyddid, co. Brecon, cler. Jesus Coll., matric. 24 March, 1734-5, aged 17; B.A. from Christ Church 1739, brother of John 26 March, 1731.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Williams, Thomas (41)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Williams, Thomas, 1s. Thomas, of Cowbridge, co. Glamorgan, gent. Magdalen Coll., matric. 15 Oct., 1870, aged 19; demy 1870-5, B.A. 1874, M.A. 1877, vicar of Llanidloes, co. Montgomery, 1878-85, minor canon of Bangor 1876-8, canon 1882, warden of Bangor Church Hostel 1886.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Williams, Thomas (9)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Williams, Thomas, s. Thomas, of Llanishen, co. Glamorgan, pleb. Jesus Coll., matric. 3 Nov., 1737, aged 17.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Williams, Thomas (Prosser)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Williams, Thomas (Prosser), 3s. William, of Glazebury, co. Radnor, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 4 Dec., 1821, aged 18; B.A. 1826.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Williams, Thomas (40)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Williams, Thomas, 2s. George, of Hendradenny, co. Glamorgan, arm. Exeter Coll., matric. 2 June, 1857, aged 18.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Williams, Thomas (5)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Williams, Thomas, s. William, of Derwen, co. Denbigh, pleb. Jesus Coll., matric. 16 March, 1723-4, aged 19.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Williams, Thomas Addams

From volume 4 of the work.
​Williams, Thomas Addams, s. William, of Llangibby, co. Monmouth, arm. Merton Coll., matric. 3 June, 1778, aged 19; vicar of Uske, co. Monmouth, 1782, until his death 12 Oct., 1842, brother of John A. and of William A.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kleid

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​ Kleid, neuter, ‘dress,’ from the equivalent Middle High German kleit (genitive kleides), neuter; wanting in Old High German till the middle of the 12th century; hence the word is supposed to be borrowed from Dutch kleed. Unknown originally to Old Saxon also, as well as to Gothic and several Anglo-Saxon records (Anglo-Saxon clâþ, neuter, ‘cloth, dress,’ English cloth; Old Icelandic klœ́þi, masculine, ‘stuff, cloth, dress’). The history of the word, which is more widely diffused in the modern Teutonic languages, is obscure on account of the want of early references and the divergence of the earliest recorded forms, AS clûþ, neuter, and Old Icelandic klœ́ði, neuter (the latter too has an abnormal â instead of ei for the Teutonic oi). If the dental of Anglo-Saxon clâþ be regarded as derivative (Gothic *klai-þa), we may infer from the Anglo-Saxon and Old Icelandic meaning ‘stuff, cloth’ (Anglo-Saxon cildclâþ, properly ‘child's clothes,’ with the special sense ‘swaddling cloth’), a root klai signifying perhaps ‘to weave.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Klinke

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​ Klinke, feminine, ‘latch,’ from Middle High German klinke, feminine, ‘bolt of a door’; allied to klingen.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kleinod

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​ Kleinod, neuter, ‘jewel,’ from Middle High German kleinôt, neuter, with the variants kleinœte, kleinœde, neuter, literally ‘fine, pretty thing,’ then ‘costliness, ornament,’ not recorded in Old High German; ôt is a suffix (see Heimat, Armut, and Einöde). Hence the derivative has retained another feature of the earlier varied senses.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kleister

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​ Kleister, masculine and feminine, ‘paste,’ from the equivalent Middle High German klîster, masculine, with the equivalent variant klënster based on the verb klënen; Old High German chlîstar and Gothic *kleistra- are wanting; stra is a suffix, as in Laster; the stem klî is the root klî, by gradation klai, ‘to cleave (to)’ (discussed under Klei and klein), which forms a verb only in Old High German, but it passes at the same time into the e-class, chlënan, ‘to cleave (to), smear,’ for kli-na-n, with na as a suffix of the present, as in Latin and Greek (sper-ne-re, li-ne-re, δάκνειν, &c.); compare Middle High German klënen, verb, Icelandic klína, ‘to smear,’ klíningr, ‘bread and butter,’ klístra, ‘to paste.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Klinge

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​ Klinge (1.), feminine, from the equivalent Middle High German klinge, feminine, ‘sword-blade’; the word, which is not recorded in Old High German, is ​bably a derivative of klingen (from the ringing sound made by the sword on the helmet).
Klinge (2.), feminine, ‘ravine,’ from Middle High German klinge, feminine, ‘mountain stream,’ Old High German chlinga, chlingo, masculine, ‘torrent’; like Klinge (1), a derivative of klingen.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Klinse

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​ Klinse, Klinze, feminine, ‘cleft,’ from Middle High German klinse, klimse, and with a different stage of gradation klunse, klumse, klumze, feminine, ‘slit’; Old High German *chlumuȥa, chlimuȥa, is wanting. Origin obscure.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Klei

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​ Klei, masculine, ‘clay,’ Modern High German only, from Low German klei, ‘slime, loam, moist earth,’ allied to Dutch klei, feminine, ‘marsh soil, clay, loam'; compare English clay, from Anglo-Saxon clœ̂g. An assumed Gothic *kladdja, feminine, may be connected with the root klai, by gradation klî, meaning ‘to cleave (to),’ which has a wider ramification in Old Teutonic; Anglo-Saxon clâm (from klaim), ‘loam, clay,’ English (dialectic) cloam, ‘pottery,’ Old High German chleimen, Scandinavian kleima, klîna, ‘to besmear’; compare Kleister and klein. It corresponds in the non-Teutonic languages to Greek γλοι, by gradation γλι; compare γλοιός, ‘oil lees, clammy stuff,’ as well as γλίνη and γλιά, ‘glue'; Latin glus, gluten, with û for older oi; Old Slovenian glina, ‘clay,’ glěnŭ, ‘slime’ (Lettic glĭwe, ‘slime’?). Further Middle High German klënen, ‘to cleave (to), spread over,’ is connected with the Greek and Slavonic noun with the suffix na.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kleie

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​ Kleie, feminine, ‘bran,’ from the equivalent Middle High German klîe, usually plural klîen, with the earlier variant klîwen, Old High German chlîa, chlîwa, ​plural chlîwûn, feminine; wanting in Gothic, English, and Scandinavian; compare further Middle Low German clîge, Modern Dutch wanting; Swedish kli, ‘bran.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Klepper

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​ Klepper, masculine, ‘nag,’ early Modern High German, originally not in a contemptuous sense; a Low German form; it is connected with Low German kleppen, ‘to strike rapidly’ (especially also ‘to ring with a sharp sound’), Middle High German klepfen. Perhaps the term Klepper is derived from the bells on the harness of the horse.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Klette

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​ Klette, feminine, ‘bur,’ from the equivalent Middle High German klëtte, feminine, with the variant klëte; Old High German chlëtto, masculine, chlëtta, feminine (also Old High German chlëta). Anglo-Saxon cliþe, clâte, feminine, English clotbur, ‘large bur’; further from the root klī̆b, ‘to cleave (to), adhere’ (compare kleben), the equivalent Old High German chlîba, Anglo-Saxon clîfe, Middle English clîve, as well as Middle Dutch klijve, Middle Low German klîve; finally also Modern Dutch klis, feminine, ‘bur.’ Old High German chlëtta is the most closely connected with Anglo-Saxon cliþe. It has been compared with Latin glis (ss) as a cognate. From the German word, Old French gleton, gletteron, and Modern French glouteron are derived. Compare also the next word.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Whyte, John David

From volume 4 of the work.
​Whyte, John David, 2s. Robert, of Naples, D.Med. Oriel Coll., matric. 13 Oct., 1873, aged 19; scholar 1873-8, B.A. 1877, M.A. 1880.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Whyte, Melvill

From volume 4 of the work.
​Whyte, Melvill, s. Robert, of Edinburgh, doctor. Balliol Coll., matric. 12 Dec., 1777, aged 18; died unmarried, brother of John Whyte-Melville.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Whyte, Robert James Preston

From volume 4 of the work.
​Whyte, Robert James Preston, o.s. Robert Charles, of Instow, Devon, arm. Hertford Coll., matric. 21 April, 1876, aged 19; of Leigh House, Chulmleigh, North Devon.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Whytt, Rev. James

From volume 4 of the work.
​Whytt, Rev. James, 2s. Robert, of Islington, Middlesex, gent. St. Edmund Hall, matric. 10 June, 1830, aged 20; B.A. 1834, M.A. 1837, died 10 Feb., 1880. See Crockford.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wickens, John

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wickens, John, s. John, of Mapperton, Dorset, gent. Wadham Coll., matric. 14 May, 1793, aged 18; B.A. from Merton Coll. 1797, M.A. 1802, rector of Swyre, Dorset, 1817, Manston 1818, and of Wootton-Glanville, Dorset, at his death 5 Aug., 1856.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Whytehead, Thomas

From volume 4 of the work.
​Whytehead, Thomas, fellow St. John's Coll., Cambridge, 1837-43 (2nd classic, 1st chancellor's medallist & B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840), adm. 'ad eundem' 4 Dec., 1841 (son of Henry Robert, of Thormanby, Yorks, cler.), chaplain to the bishop of New Zealand 1841, until his death 19 March, 1843.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wickens, Arthur Allen

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wickens, Arthur Allen, 3s. John, of London, knight. Balliol Coll., matric. 27 April, 1876, aged 18; a student of Lincoln's Inn 1878, died in 1883.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Whytehead, Rev. William Fraser

From volume 4 of the work.
​Whytehead, Rev. William Fraser, 1s. Robert, of York (city), cler. Queen's Coll., matric. 29 Oct., 1867, aged 19; B.A. 1871, M.A. 1877, died in 1886, nephew of Thomas.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wickens, (Sir) John

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wickens, (Sir) John, 2s. James Stephen, of SL George's, Bloomsbury, London, arm. Balliol Coll., matric. 30 Nov., 1832, aged 17; scholar 1832-40, B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1840, bencher 1871, vice-chancellor county palatine Lancaster 1868-71, vice-chancellor of England 1871-3, knighted at Windsor Castle 29 June, 1871, died 23 Oct., 1873. See Eton School Lists.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wickens, James

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wickens, James, 3s. James Stephen, of London, arm. Christ Church, matric. 22 Oct., 1835, aged 18; B.A. 1839, M.A. 1844, of Donnington Hall, co. Hereford, J.P., sometime a solicitor.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Woodyer, John

From volume 4 of the work.
​Woodyer, John, s. John, of Oving, Sussex, cler. Pembroke Coll., matric. 28 March, 1726, aged 17; fellow New Coll., B.A. 1731, rector of Lassam Hants, 1732.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Woolcock, William Pye

From volume 4 of the work.
​Woolcock, William Pye. Trinity Coll., 1840. See Pye, page 1166.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Woodyatt, Roger Gresley

From volume 4 of the work.
​Woodyatt, Roger Gresley, 2s. George, of London, cler. University Coll., matric. 11 Oct., 1884, aged 18; B.A. 1888.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Woodyer, Henry

From volume 4 of the work.
​Woodyer, Henry, o.s. Caleb, of Guildford, Surrey, doctor. Merton Coll., matric. 8 April, 1835; aged 18; B.A. 1838, of Grafham, Surrey, a well-known architect. See Eton School Lists.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Woodyatt, Edward (1)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Woodyatt, Edward, s. George, of Ledbury, co. Hereford, arm. Brasenose Coll., matric. 12 May, 1815, aged 17; B.A. 1819, M.A. 1821.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Woodyatt, Edward (2)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Woodyatt, Edward, 2s. Edward, of Kempsey, co. Worcester, cler. Christ Church, matric. 23 May, 1850, aged 19; B.A. 1854, M.A. 1863, vicar of Over St. John, Cheshire, 1863.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Woodyeare, William

From volume 4 of the work.
​Woodyeare, William, s. William, of York (city) arm. Christ Church, matric. 28 Nov., 1743, aged 18.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Woof, John

From volume 4 of the work.
​Woof, John, s. John, of Appleby, Westmoreland, pleb. Queen's Coll., matric. 15 July, 1765, aged 17.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Woofe, Thomas

From volume 4 of the work.
​Woofe, Thomas, s. Joseph, of Howden, Yorks, cler. University Coll., matric. 17 Dec., 1765, aged 19.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Woolcock, Martin

From volume 4 of the work.
​Woolcock, Martin, s. Martin, of Gurran, Cornwall gent. Oriel Coll., matric. 15 Nov., 1771, aged 17.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wood, Peter (Scrimshire)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wood, Peter (Scrimshire), s. Thomas, of Littleton, Middlesex, arm. Oriel Coll., matric. 29 April, 1803, aged 17; B.A. 1807, M.A. 1809, B.C.L. & D.C.L. 1817, vicar of Middleton, Norfolk, 1810, 1810, rector of Littleton, Middlesex, 1813, and dean of Middleham, Yorks, 1814, until his death 4 Feb., 1856, brother of Thomas 1796.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wood, Rev. Montagu Couch

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wood, Rev. Montagu Couch, 5s. Charles William, of Wandsworth, Surrey, arm. Non-Coll., matric. 13 Oct., 1877, aged 20; B.A. from St. John's Coll. 1880, M.A. 1884, a student of Lincoln's Inn 1879.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wood, Rev. Alfred

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wood, Rev. Alfred, 1s. George Frederick, of Canterbury, gent. Non-Coll., matric. 14 Oct., 1882, aged 20; B.A. 1886.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wood, Rev. John George

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wood, Rev. John George, 1s. John Freeman, of St. Pancras, London, gent. Merton Coll., matric. 17 Oct., 1844, aged 17; demy 1844-8, B.A. 1848, M.A. 1851, Lowell lecturer Boston, u.s.a., 1883-4, the eminent naturalist; for list of his works see Crockford.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wood, Rev. Llewellyn

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wood, Rev. Llewellyn, 4s. John, of Cheadle, Cheshire, gent. Non-Coll., matric. 22 Oct., 1875, aged 19; commoner Trinity Coll. 1876, B.A. 1879, M.A. 1882, brother of Joseph 1861.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wood, Rev. Richard Somerville

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wood, Rev. Richard Somerville, 7s. Peter, of London, cler. Exeter Coll., matric. 31 May, 1879, aged 19; B.A. 1882, M.A. 1886.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wood, Philip Francis

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wood, Philip Francis, 2s. Robert Philip, of Edinburgh, arm. Non-Coll., matric. 27 April, 1878, aged 19; B.A. from Balliol Coll. 1881, B.C.L. 1884, M.A. 1885, bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 1884, and an advocate Scotland 1884. See Foster's Men at the Bar.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wood, Rev. Edward James

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wood, Rev. Edward James, 2s. John, of Chatburn, Lancashire, cler. Non-Coll., matric. 4 June, 1881, aged 20; B.A. 1885, assistant tutor and chaplain Exeter Diocesan Training College 1885.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wood, Rev. Edwin George

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wood, Rev. Edwin George, 2s. Lewis John, of London, gent. Balliol Coll., matric. 20 Oct., 1875, aged 21; B.A. 1879, M.A. 1882.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wood, Rev. John

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wood, Rev. John, s. James, of Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, gent. Non-Coll., matric. 30 April, 1870, aged 42; B.A. from Worcester Coll. 1874, M.A. 1876.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lohe

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​ Lohe (1.), feminine, ‘blaze,’ from Middle High German lohe, masculine (Middle German also feminine), ‘flame, lurid ray,’ Old High German *loho (Gothic *laúha); the term used in Old High German was loug, Middle High German louc (Anglo-Saxon lêg, lîg). These, like Old Icelandic loge, masculine, ‘flame,’ are derived from the Teutonic root luh, ‘to give light,’ which still exists in High German Licht, and which as Aryan luk appears in Latin lucere, lux, Old Slovenian luča, ‘ray,’ and the Sanscrit ruc, ‘to shine,’ rocis, ‘light.’
Lohe (2.), feminine, ‘tanning bark,’ from the equivalent Middle High German, Middle Low German, and Old High German lô (genitive lôwes), neuter; compare Dutch looi. Distinct from Lohe (1), since it presumes a Gothic *lawa-; origin obscure.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Litze

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​ Litze, feminine, ‘twisted lace, bobbin,’ from Middle High German litze, feminine, ‘twisted lace, cord as a barrier’; from Latin lîcium, neuter, ‘thread.’ The change made in the quantity when the word was borrowed in Middle High German as lĭtze is analogous to that in Lilie and Linie. From the Latin lîcium (whence French lice, ‘lists, arena’) are also derived Zwillich and Drillich, which see.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lob

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​ Lob, neuter, ‘praise,’ from Middle High German lop (b), Old High German lob, neuter and masculine, ‘praise, reward, glorification’; corresponding to Dutch lof, Anglo-Saxon lof, masculine, ‘praise, fame’; Old Icelandic lof. neuter, ‘fame, reward, praise, laudatory poem,’ also ‘permission,’ points to the similarity of the roots of loben and erlauben (compare Middle High German urloup and urlop, ‘permission’). The old gradation lub-liub-laub comprises Modern High German Lob, lieb, glauben, and erlauben; in Anglo-Saxon, lufu (equivalent to English love) is the weakest form of the root with the meaning corresponding to High German lieb (Gothic liufs), Under lieb the primary sense of the Aryan root leubh (Sanscrit lubh, Latin lubet, lubido) is assumed to be ‘inclination’; in meaning, Lithuanian liaupsě, ‘hymn,’ láupsinti, ‘to extol,’ are the most closely allied. With regard to the gradation, it is also noteworthy that Middle High German and Modern High German loben, Old High German lobôn, lobên, verb, Anglo-Saxon lofian, verb, ‘to praise,’ are represented in Old Icelandic by lofa, verb, ‘to praise, commend, permit,’ and that Old Icelandic leyfa (from *laubjan) has also the same double sense. — Modern High German and Middle High German lobesam, adjective, ‘laudable,’ Old High German lobosam, Anglo-Saxon lofsum; Gothic galufs, galaufs, ‘precious,’ literally ‘having praise,’ so too Old High German glob, ‘precious.’