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praise, the expression of a favourable opinion.
from the point of view of the giver, (a person's)
praise, praise (expressed by that person)
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  • Gedyde se láreów ðæt hié ǽresð gehiérdon ðá heringe . . . ðætte ðæt lof hié getrymede,

      Past. 213, 21.

  • Heó nis nánes lofes wyrþe

    she does not deserve the praise of men,

      Bt. 20; F. 70, 23 : Víd. 72.

  • Wið þám lofe ðæs folces,

      18, 4; F. 66, 21.

  • Hæfde sigora weard wære betolden leódfruman mid lofe sínum

    God had protected St. Andrew at the same time praising him,

      An. 991.

  • Lofum

    laudibus, i. preconiis (uir-ginitatis),

      An. Ox. 1903.
from the point of view of the receiver, (a person's)
praise, praise (received by that person)
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  • Wyrþ oft gódes monnes lof álegen,

      Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox. 64, 31.

  • Ne biþ his lof ná ðý lǽsse,

      Bt. 40, 3 ; F. 238, 11.

  • Þám wísan men eóm tó lofe and tó wyrðscipe ꝥ se cyning him teohhode tó wíte,

      Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 26.

  • Óþre cræftas næbbaþ nán lof ne nǽnne weorþscipe,

      36, l; F. 172, 10 : 18, 2 ; F. 64, 25.

  • Lof sé gewyrceð, hafad heáhfæstne dóm,

      Vid. 142.
the ascription of glory to the Deity
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  • Lofe leánian leóhtes hyrde,

      Az. 121.

  • Of lofe hweorfan þínre eádgife,

      Jul. 275.

  • Lof Godes hergan,

      Dóm. 48. ¶ as
    object of verbs, forming with the verb a phrase meaning
to praise
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  • Þǽr wæs lof hafen fæger mid þý folce ; Feeder weorðodon, and þone sóðan Sunu wordum heredon,

      El. 890.

  • Þám þe his lof bǽron,

      Dan. 476 : An. 1297.

  • Hí Críst heriað and him lof lǽdað,

      Hy. 7, 25: An. 1479.

  • Crístes lof rǽran,

      Cri. 1689: Jul. 48.

  • Hé Dryhtnes lof reahte and rǽrde,

      Gú. 130.
  • Lof Drihti. es wyrcean. Gen. 256.
to be praised
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  • Á þæs dóm áge, leóhtbǽre lof, sé ús þis líf giefeð,

      Crä. 112.
a hymn
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  • Loob

    ymnus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 27.

  • Lof ymnum, i. 289, 72. III a. certain psalms (cxlviii-cl) wsed in the church service :-- Lofu

    taudes,

      R. Ben. I. 42, 15 : 44, 4.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. lof.]
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v. ǽfen-, neód-, óret-, sealm-, word-lóf.
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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/54781.

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