Noun: lof
Gender: n
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | lof |
| Sg. Def. | lofit |
| Pl. Indef. | lof |
| Pl. Def. | lofin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | lofs |
| Sg. Def. | lofsins |
| Pl. Indef. | lofa |
| Pl. Def. | lofanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | lofi |
| Sg. Def. | lofinu |
| Pl. Indef. | lofum |
| Pl. Def. | lofunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | lof |
| Sg. Def. | lofit |
| Pl. Indef. | lof |
| Pl. Def. | lofin |
Sample Sentences
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Bark þengils lof · á þagnar rof (I carried the ruler's praise into the opening of silence.) [Egill Skallagrímsson, Hǫfuðlausn 20.1–2]
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þeir skulu ráða lǫgum ok lofum (the administration rests with them)
Nouns inflected like lof
ennitungl,
augnamein,
biskupskør,
brimsvín,
ím,
úr,
ef,
ok,
ástig,
aflát,
amboð,
grjót,
beizl,
brauð,
hljóð,
haust,
hvísl,
naust,
tungl,
kveld, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lubą (“praise”), whence also German Lob. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”). See: German Nouns '
Lob'.
Verbs referencing "lof"
Finnish Nouns
lupa, Old English Nouns
lof, Swedish Nouns
lov.
Translations