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▪ I. † lof Obs.
Forms: 1 lof, loob, 2–4 lof, 3 Orm. loff, 3–5 lofe, 4–5 loue, 5 loff, 6 Sc. loif.
[OE. lof masc. = OFris., OS. lof neut. (Du. lof), OHG. lob neut., masc. (MHG. lop, inflected lob-; mod.G. lob neut.), ON. lof neut. (Sw. lof, Da. lov):—OTeut. type *loƀo-, f. the root *loƀ-, luƀ-: see love n.1]
1. Praise.
Beowulf 1536 Swa sceal man don, þonne he æt guðe ᵹegan þenceð longsumne lof. c725Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) 122 Ymnus, loob. c1175Lamb. Hom. 7 Drihten þu dest þe lof of milc drinkende childre muðe. c1200Ormin 3379 Si Drihhtin upp inn heoffness ærd Wurrþminnt & loff & wullderr. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvi. (Ioh. Baptista) 1 In lofe of patriarkes al, and of þame þat we prophetis cal. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 2 Till him be gevin honoure lof and glore. c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxix. 18 Thair hairtis ar sett wt sittelness, For loif and not for lufe. a1568Bannatyne Poems (Hunter. Club) 223 Leill loif, and lawte lyis behind.
2. Price, value.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 213 Þe sullere lat sumdel of his lofe..þe beggere ecneð his bode [etc.]. c1205Lay. 18190 Þer to he læide muchel lof.
3. Comb.: lof-ȝeorn a., desirous of praise; lof-like a., worthy of praise.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 103 Þe seofeðe sunne is icweðen Iactancia þet is idelȝelp on englisc þenne mon bið lof-ȝeorn. a1300E.E. Psalter xcv[i]. 4 For mikel Laverd, swith loof-like to se; Aghfulle over alle goddes es he.
▪ II. lof(e
obs. or var. ff. loaf, love, luff. |