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lof

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
lof, es; n. m.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §145; §294; §562;
Praise, glory, a song of praise, hymn
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  • Ðam Dryhtne sý lof and wuldor

    to the Lord be praise and glory,

    • Blickl. Homl. 53, 32
      • .

  • Sý ðé þanc and lof ðínre mildse,

    • Hy. 7, 58
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 58
      • .

  • Ðǽr biþ gehýred ðín hálige lof,

    • 7, 32
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 32
      • .

  • Ðis lof

    hic pean,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 11
      • ;
    • Som. 9, 21
      • .

  • Be ðam Fortunatus on fǽmnena lofe cwæþ

    de quo Fortunatus in Laude Virginum ait,

    • Bd. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 476, 32
      • .

  • Be ðam is gecweden on ðære brýde lofe,

    • Past. 11, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 65, 22
      • .

  • Gecwedenum lofe

    hymno dicto,

    • Mk. Skt. 14, 26
      • .

  • Wé cweþaþ lof ymb hié,

    • Blickl. Homl. 149, 32
      • .

  • Drihtnes lof singende,

    • 231, 9
      • .

  • Lof secgean,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 31
      • .

  • Eall folc Gode lof sealde,

    • Lk. Skt. 18, 43
      • .

  • Wé herigaþ hira cræftas and ðeáh nyllaþ hí habban forðæm wé hiera nabbaþ nán lof

    we praise their arts, and yet do not wish to have them, for we get no credit from them,

    • Past. 34, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 231, 8
      • .

  • Ic eów sylle míne sibbe þurh mín ðæt héhste lof

    (the Holy Ghost),

    • Blickl, Homl. 157. 30
      • .

  • Gegán longsumne lof

    to earn lasting praise,

    • Beo. Th. 3076
      • ;
    • B. 1536.

  • Lofa ic cwæþe ðé

    laudem dixi tibi,

    • Ps. Spl. 118, 164
      • .

  • Lofu ł herunga

    præconia, laudes, favores,

    • Hpt. Gl. 500, 2
      • :

    melos,

    • Hymn. Surt. 5, 31
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax., O. L. Ger., O. Frs., Icel. lof
:
O. H. Ger. lob laus, favor, hymnus
:
Ger. lob.
]
Derived forms
here-lof
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lof.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21816.

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