# lof
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun lof (“community”).

### Noun

lof (plural lofs)
* 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: /lɔf/

### Noun

lof (uncountable)
* praise

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔf/
* Audio:(file)
* 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)
* 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)
* Clipping of witlof (“chicory”).

## Mapudungun
### Noun

lof
* 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
* praise
* 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: /lɔf/
* (from compounds) IPA: /lɔːf/, /lɒːf/

#### Noun

lof
* praise, glory
** a. 1225, “In Dominica Palmarum”, in Richard Morris, 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, “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, 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)
* price, value
* 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

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

#### Alternative forms

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔːf/
* (Northern) IPA: /laːf/

#### Noun

lof (plural loves)
* A loaf (block of bread).
* (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: /loːf/

#### Noun

lof
* 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
* Alternative form of love (“love”)

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

lof
* 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)
* (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: /lof/

#### Noun

lof n
* praise
* song of praise, hymn

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

##### 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: /loːf/

#### Noun

lōf m (nominative plural lōfas)
* (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:

##### 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
* praise
    Synonym: hróðr
    Antonyms: háð, spott
* leave, permission
* (plural only) license
    þeir skulu ráða lǫgum ok lofumthe administration rests with them

#### 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
* Obsolete spelling of lov (“permission”).