lofe
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of lofe
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Northern-England, West-Midlands)An offer; choice; an opportunity; chance.
“"Yance I hed t' lofe an' I'd luck to say no, an' I niver hed t' lofe ageàn."—Said by an elderly spinster.”
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noun
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(Northern-England, West-Midlands)An offer; choice; an opportunity; chance.
“"Yance I hed t' lofe an' I'd luck to say no, an' I niver hed t' lofe ageàn."—Said by an elderly spinster.”
verb
- (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To praise; commend.
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(Northern-England, West-Midlands, transitive)To offer; offer at a price; expose for sale.
“Ah'd lofed him it an' he wadn't tak 't.”
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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…
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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.
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