| 释义 |
† ˈlof-song Obs.
Forms: α. 1 lofsang, 2 lof-songe, 3 Orm. loffsang, 1–4 lof-song. β. 3 loft-song(e, 4 loft-sang.
[f. lof + song.]
A song of praise, a hymn. Hence † lofsonger, a psalmist.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iii. xii. (Schipper) 1288 Fram þære tide þæs uhtlican lofsonges. c1175Lamb. Hom. 99 We wurðiað þes halȝen gastes to-cume mid loftsonge seofen daȝes. Ibid. 153 Þe lof-songere [c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. loft-songere] seið Per mille meandros agitat quieta corda. c1200Ormin 18024 And þurrh Judea tacnedd iss Loffsang Drihhtin to wurrþenn. a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 261 A gleadunge wið-ute met murie loft song ant liht⁓schipe. c1320Cast. Love 29 Vche mon ouȝte wt al his mihte, Lof-song syngen to God ȝerne. |