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Old English · noun

laf

Normalised lāf

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/lɑːf/
Syllables
lɑːf (1 syllable)
Modern English
remainslaveremainderheirloomlegacywidowleft

Meaning

  1. remains, remainder, left

    c. 1011, Byrhtferth, Manual, line 125

    Now there is one left; give that April.

  2. legacy

  3. heirloom

  4. widow

Declension

Declension of laf
SingularPlural
Nominative lāflāfalāfe
Accusative lāfelāfalāfe
Genitive lāfelāfa
Dative lāfelāfum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laibu, from Proto-Germanic *laibō. More at lǣfan.

Descendants

lave

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