See lof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"enm:Foods"
],
"etymology_number": 5,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "lof",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "palm",
"word": "love"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of love (“palm”)"
],
"links": [
[
"love",
"love#Middle_English:_palm"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "lof"
}
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