English Explanatory Dictionary

lofe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An offer; choice; an opportunity; chance.
verb
  1. To praise; commend.
  2. To offer; offer at a price; expose for sale.

Word forms

lofe lofes loff loave lofing lofed love

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lofe, lof (“praise, price”), from Old English lof (“praise, glory, repute, song of praise, hymn”), from Proto-West Germanic *lob, from Proto-Germanic *lubą (“praise, permission”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, like”) (and thence a distant cognate of English love). Cognate with Scots lofe (“an offer”), North Frisian lof (“praise”), Dutch lof (“praise, glory, commendation”), German Lob (“praise, commendation, tribute”), Icelandic lof (“praise”). For semantic development, perhaps compare etymology of praise and its senses.

Related words

lovely
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