lof – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of lof

Noun: lof
Gender: n

Nominative

Singularlof; lōf
Plurallofu; lōfas

Genitive

Singularlofes; lōfes
Plurallofa; lōfa

Dative

Singularlofe; lōfe
Plurallofum; lōfum

Accusative

Singularlof; lōf
Plurallofu; lōfas

Sample Sentences

  • Forþon þæt eorla ġehwām, æftercweþendra lof lifgendra lāstworda betst. (Thus, for every man, the praise of the after-speakers is the best of the living ones' reputations.) [10th century, The Seafarer:]

Nouns inflected like lof

lof, hof,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *lob.
2. Cognate with Old Saxon lof, Dutch lof, Old High German lob (German Lob), Old Norse lof (Swedish lov). Related to lēof, lufu, lofian. See: Dutch Nouns 'lof', German Nouns 'Lob', Old Norse Nouns 'lof', Swedish Nouns 'lov'.

Verbs referencing "lof"

German Nouns Lob, Middle English Nouns lof, English Nouns lofe, English Nouns loff, English Nouns loave.

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