lofn.

Brit.

/ləʊf/, U.S.

/loʊf/, Scottish English

/lof/

Forms: early Old English loob, Old English loue (dative), Old English–Middle English lof, Old English (rare)–Middle English loff, late Old English–early Middle English leof, Middle English leue, Middle English lofe, Middle English loof, Middle English loofe, Middle English looff, Middle English loue, Middle English loufe, Middle English luf, Middle English luffe, Middle English luue; Scottish pre-1700 lof, pre-1700 lofe, pre-1700 loff, pre-1700 loif, pre-1700 lowe.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian lof praise, Middle Dutch lof praise, honour (Dutch lof ), Old Saxon lof praise (Middle Low German lof praise, offer of goods for sale), Old High German lob , lop praise, recognition, acknowledgement (Middle High German lop , lob , German Lob ), Old Icelandic lof praise, good report, Old Swedish lof praise, evaluation (Swedish lof ), Old Danish lof , loff praise, evaluation (Danish lov ), probably < the same Germanic base as love n.¹ Compare love v.² In Old English usually a strong neuter, but occasionally a strong masculine. In the late Old English and early Middle English form leof and the Middle English form leue apparently influenced by forms of lief adj. Middle English forms with -u- , -ou- perhaps arise from confusion with the spelling forms of love n.¹, apparently as a result of semantic association of the two words (although the two words would not have been homophones). Compare love v.² and discussion at that entry.

Now Scottish (rare).

†1. Praise; glory. Also: a song of praise, a hymn. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun]

lofeOE

heryingc897

lovingeOE

hereworda1100

pricec1225

laudc1384

magnifyingc1384

allowancec1390

loange1390

lof-wordc1390

roosec1390

commendation1393

commendinga1400

presa1400

commendmentc1400

praisea1425

roosinga1425

lauding1489

lovage1489

laudationa1500

magnificationa1500

predication1528

extolling1558

advancement1564

celebrating1573

plauda1593

applause1600

extolment1604

panegyric1613

collaudation1623

commendatinga1625

say-well1629

renown1631

euge1658

extollation1661

eulogy1725

acclaim1759

eulogism1761

encomium1785

eulogium1803

commemoration1823

glorification1850

laudification1890

bualadh bos1908

kudos to ——1936

eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 122/2 Ymnus, loob.

OE Judgement Day I 47 Ic a wille leode læran þæt hi lof godes hergan on heahþu.

OE Beowulf (2008) 1536 Swa sceal man don, þonne he æt guðe gegan þenceð longsumne lof.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3379 Si drihhtin upp inn heoffness ærd Wurrþminnt. & loff. & wullderr.

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 7 (MED) Drihten, þu dest þe lof of milc drinkende childre muðe.

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xxii. 3 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 153 (MED) Þou sothlik in haligh wel Erdest, loofe [v.r. heryhinge; L. laus Israel] of Irael.

c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 1 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 223 In lofe of patriarkis al, and of þame þat we prophetis cal.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 2 Till him be gevin honoure los and glore.

c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxix. 18 Thair hairtis ar sett w^t sittelness, For loif and not for lufe.

a1568 Bannatyne Poems (Hunterian Club) 223 Leill loif, and lawte lyis behind.

†2. Price, value. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun]

cheapc1025

lofa1200

feer?c1225

pricea1382

apricec1460

tag1968

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 213 Þe sullere lat sumdel of his lofe, and swereð þat he nele lasse selle; þe beggere ecneð his bode, and swereð þat he nele more geuen.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9077 He bad gold..ælche farinde gume. wha-swa mihte finde Merlin..þer-to he læide muchel lof.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 448 (MED) Such a lefsel of lof neuer lede hade.

3. Scottish. An offer to buy or sell at a specified price. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at Lofe) records this sense as still in use in Dumfriesshire in 1920.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > bidding or offering to buy > the bid or offer

bodec1200

lof1556

tender1666

proposal1701

ticket1778

bid1788

counter-bid1960

1556 Protocol Bk. A. Gaw (1910) 37 [Robert Berich] sal haf the first loif and proffir of the said xii part [of Vestir Coyle]..befoir ony othir.

1629 in W. Fraser Bk. Carlaverock (1873) II. 114 I think I have offerit more then it is worthe and yowr lordship hes never given me ane lof [ed. los] nor acquentit me withe..quhat yowr lordship wold have from me for it.

Compounds

† lof-yern adj. Obsolete rare desirous of praise.

ΚΠ

OE Beowulf (2008) 3182 Cwædon þæt he [sc. Beowulf] wære wyruldcyning[a] manna mildust ond mon[ðw]ærust, leodum liðost ond lofgeornost.

OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 297 Se seofoða leahter is iactantia gehaten, þæt is idelgylp on engliscre spræce, þonne se man bið lofgeorn [a1225 Lamb. lofȝeorn].

Derivatives

† lofly adj. Obsolete rare worthy of praise.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [adjective]

loflyOE

herewortha1225

praisablec1350

provablea1382

heryful1382

praisefulc1384

commendablec1386

lowablea1400

allowablec1400

meritable?1400

laudablec1420

thankworthy1421

lovablec1422

thankworth?1426

thanklewe1430

recommendable1477

meritoriousa1513

praiseworthya1538

apprisablec1540

plausible1561

praiseworth1591

applausive1605

allaudable1727

OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 397 Laudabili : honorabili : of lofflicere.

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xcv. 4 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 229 For mikel lauerd, swith looflike to se; Aghfulle ouer alle goddes es he.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xcv. 4 Gret lord and lofly ful mykil..mare he is louely than any creature may thynke.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lof
释义	lofn. Brit. /ləʊf/, U.S. /loʊf/, Scottish English /lof/ Forms: early Old English loob, Old English loue (dative), Old English–Middle English lof, Old English (rare)–Middle English loff, late Old English–early Middle English leof, Middle English leue, Middle English lofe, Middle English loof, Middle English loofe, Middle English looff, Middle English loue, Middle English loufe, Middle English luf, Middle English luffe, Middle English luue; Scottish pre-1700 lof, pre-1700 lofe, pre-1700 loff, pre-1700 loif, pre-1700 lowe. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian lof praise, Middle Dutch lof praise, honour (Dutch lof ), Old Saxon lof praise (Middle Low German lof praise, offer of goods for sale), Old High German lob , lop praise, recognition, acknowledgement (Middle High German lop , lob , German Lob ), Old Icelandic lof praise, good report, Old Swedish lof praise, evaluation (Swedish lof ), Old Danish lof , loff praise, evaluation (Danish lov ), probably < the same Germanic base as love n.¹ Compare love v.² In Old English usually a strong neuter, but occasionally a strong masculine. In the late Old English and early Middle English form leof and the Middle English form leue apparently influenced by forms of lief adj. Middle English forms with -u- , -ou- perhaps arise from confusion with the spelling forms of love n.¹, apparently as a result of semantic association of the two words (although the two words would not have been homophones). Compare love v.² and discussion at that entry. Now Scottish (rare). †1. Praise; glory. Also: a song of praise, a hymn. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] lofeOE heryingc897 lovingeOE hereworda1100 pricec1225 laudc1384 magnifyingc1384 allowancec1390 loange1390 lof-wordc1390 roosec1390 commendation1393 commendinga1400 presa1400 commendmentc1400 praisea1425 roosinga1425 lauding1489 lovage1489 laudationa1500 magnificationa1500 predication1528 extolling1558 advancement1564 celebrating1573 plauda1593 applause1600 extolment1604 panegyric1613 collaudation1623 commendatinga1625 say-well1629 renown1631 euge1658 extollation1661 eulogy1725 acclaim1759 eulogism1761 encomium1785 eulogium1803 commemoration1823 glorification1850 laudification1890 bualadh bos1908 kudos to ——1936 eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 122/2 Ymnus, loob. OE Judgement Day I 47 Ic a wille leode læran þæt hi lof godes hergan on heahþu. OE Beowulf (2008) 1536 Swa sceal man don, þonne he æt guðe gegan þenceð longsumne lof. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3379 Si drihhtin upp inn heoffness ærd Wurrþminnt. & loff. & wullderr. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 7 (MED) Drihten, þu dest þe lof of milc drinkende childre muðe. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xxii. 3 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 153 (MED) Þou sothlik in haligh wel Erdest, loofe [v.r. heryhinge; L. laus Israel] of Irael. c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 1 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 223 In lofe of patriarkis al, and of þame þat we prophetis cal. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 2 Till him be gevin honoure los and glore. c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxix. 18 Thair hairtis ar sett w^t sittelness, For loif and not for lufe. a1568 Bannatyne Poems (Hunterian Club) 223 Leill loif, and lawte lyis behind. †2. Price, value. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] cheapc1025 lofa1200 feer?c1225 pricea1382 apricec1460 tag1968 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 213 Þe sullere lat sumdel of his lofe, and swereð þat he nele lasse selle; þe beggere ecneð his bode, and swereð þat he nele more geuen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9077 He bad gold..ælche farinde gume. wha-swa mihte finde Merlin..þer-to he læide muchel lof. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 448 (MED) Such a lefsel of lof neuer lede hade. 3. Scottish. An offer to buy or sell at a specified price. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at Lofe) records this sense as still in use in Dumfriesshire in 1920. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > bidding or offering to buy > the bid or offer bodec1200 lof1556 tender1666 proposal1701 ticket1778 bid1788 counter-bid1960 1556 Protocol Bk. A. Gaw (1910) 37 [Robert Berich] sal haf the first loif and proffir of the said xii part [of Vestir Coyle]..befoir ony othir. 1629 in W. Fraser Bk. Carlaverock (1873) II. 114 I think I have offerit more then it is worthe and yowr lordship hes never given me ane lof [ed. los] nor acquentit me withe..quhat yowr lordship wold have from me for it. Compounds † lof-yern adj. Obsolete rare desirous of praise. ΚΠ OE Beowulf (2008) 3182 Cwædon þæt he [sc. Beowulf] wære wyruldcyning[a] manna mildust ond mon[ðw]ærust, leodum liðost ond lofgeornost. OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 297 Se seofoða leahter is iactantia gehaten, þæt is idelgylp on engliscre spræce, þonne se man bið lofgeorn [a1225 Lamb. lofȝeorn]. Derivatives † lofly adj. Obsolete rare worthy of praise. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [adjective] loflyOE herewortha1225 praisablec1350 provablea1382 heryful1382 praisefulc1384 commendablec1386 lowablea1400 allowablec1400 meritable?1400 laudablec1420 thankworthy1421 lovablec1422 thankworth?1426 thanklewe1430 recommendable1477 meritoriousa1513 praiseworthya1538 apprisablec1540 plausible1561 praiseworth1591 applausive1605 allaudable1727 OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 397 Laudabili : honorabili : of lofflicere. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xcv. 4 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 229 For mikel lauerd, swith looflike to se; Aghfulle ouer alle goddes es he. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xcv. 4 Gret lord and lofly ful mykil..mare he is louely than any creature may thynke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
随便看	have fingers made of lime-twigs have fingers made of limetwigs have for breakfast have for decided have for execution have force have force to do have formerly also get a person on also upon the hip have formerly also take a person on also upon the hip have found a mare's nest have free shot have fun have fun with have get egg on one's face have get the victory have glee have glee of have going have going for one have gone and done it again have gone at the have good day have good hands have good night have good right