"laf" meaning in Old English

See laf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑːf/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *laibu, from Proto-Germanic *laibō. More at lǣfan. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*laibu}} Proto-West Germanic *laibu, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*laibō}} Proto-Germanic *laibō Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=lāf|sort=}} lāf f, {{ang-noun|f|head=lāf}} lāf f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|lāf}}, {{ang-decl-noun|lāf|lāfa,lāfe|lāfe|lāfa,lāfe|lāfe|lāfa|lāfe|lāfum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: lāf [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], lāf [nominative, singular], lāfa [nominative, plural], lāfe [nominative, plural], lāfe [accusative, singular], lāfa [accusative, plural], lāfe [accusative, plural], lāfe [genitive, singular], lāfa [genitive, plural], lāfe [dative, singular], lāfum [dative, plural]
  1. remains, remainder, left
    Sense id: en-laf-ang-noun-fIrWmzgC
  2. legacy
    Sense id: en-laf-ang-noun-xJ~qdCX6 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 31 46 19 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 29 51 11 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 51 11 10
  3. heirloom
    Sense id: en-laf-ang-noun-qUrAI~Ut
  4. widow
    Sense id: en-laf-ang-noun-KEWQzwMR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Eċġlāf, Dēorlāf
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Eċġlāf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Dēorlāf"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "love",
            "id": "remainder"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: love, lave, leve, loove, lafe, læve, loave (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: lave\nScots: lave",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: love, lave, leve, loove, lafe, læve, loave (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: lave\nScots: lave"
    }
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *laibu, from Proto-Germanic *laibō. More at lǣfan.",
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      "form": "lāf",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lāf f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "head": "lāf"
      },
      "expansion": "lāf f",
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      "args": {
        "1": "lāf"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lāf",
        "2": "lāfa,lāfe",
        "3": "lāfe",
        "4": "lāfa,lāfe",
        "5": "lāfe",
        "6": "lāfa",
        "7": "lāfe",
        "8": "lāfum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Now there is one left; give that April.",
          "roman": "Nu þǣr ys ān tō lāfe; gif þære Aprili.",
          "text": "c. 1011, Byrhtferth, Manual, line 125",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "...for three days yet remain, and then they will slay and eat him.",
          "text": "c. 971, Unknown, \"The Blicking Homilies\"\n...forþon nū ġīt þrȳ dagas tō lāfe syndon þæt hīe hine willað ācwellan and him tō mete dōn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "remains, remainder, left"
      ],
      "id": "en-laf-ang-noun-fIrWmzgC",
      "links": [
        [
          "remains",
          "remains"
        ],
        [
          "remainder",
          "remainder"
        ],
        [
          "left",
          "left"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 46 19 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 51 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 51 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "legacy"
      ],
      "id": "en-laf-ang-noun-xJ~qdCX6",
      "links": [
        [
          "legacy",
          "legacy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heirloom"
      ],
      "id": "en-laf-ang-noun-qUrAI~Ut",
      "links": [
        [
          "heirloom",
          "heirloom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "widow"
      ],
      "id": "en-laf-ang-noun-KEWQzwMR",
      "links": [
        [
          "widow",
          "widow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑːf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laf"
}
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    "Old English feminine nouns",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English ō-stem nouns",
    "Pages with 12 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "word": "Eċġlāf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dēorlāf"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {
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            "id": "remainder"
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: love, lave, leve, loove, lafe, læve, loave (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: lave\nScots: lave"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *laibu, from Proto-Germanic *laibō. More at lǣfan.",
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    {
      "form": "lāf",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "lāf",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lāf f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "head": "lāf"
      },
      "expansion": "lāf f",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lāf"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lāf",
        "2": "lāfa,lāfe",
        "3": "lāfe",
        "4": "lāfa,lāfe",
        "5": "lāfe",
        "6": "lāfa",
        "7": "lāfe",
        "8": "lāfum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Now there is one left; give that April.",
          "roman": "Nu þǣr ys ān tō lāfe; gif þære Aprili.",
          "text": "c. 1011, Byrhtferth, Manual, line 125",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "...for three days yet remain, and then they will slay and eat him.",
          "text": "c. 971, Unknown, \"The Blicking Homilies\"\n...forþon nū ġīt þrȳ dagas tō lāfe syndon þæt hīe hine willað ācwellan and him tō mete dōn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "remains, remainder, left"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "legacy"
      ],
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        [
          "legacy",
          "legacy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heirloom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heirloom",
          "heirloom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "widow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "widow",
          "widow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑːf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laf"
}

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