lof (1150-70)
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lof (1150-70)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  loef 16,477b Gdf:  lof 5,15a GdfC: ∅ TL: lof 5,571 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  lof  TLF:  lof  OED:  luff  MED:  lof n.4  DMLBS: ∅
loffe,  lop  E101/25/32 m5  

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1ship.spar attached to the windward tack of sail: 
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Del sud lur salt dunques un vent [...]: Refrener fait tute la nef. Curent al lof, le sigle turnent  2864
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Hors lancent lof devers senestre  1380
( 1420-21 )  .ij. cordes ad tractandum le loffe  ii 55
turner le lof
1ship.to set course for, steer towards: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Un yle und [sic] devant eus veut. [...] Cele part unt le lof turné  925
( c.1185 )  Sire [...] u en irrum Et quel part cest lof turnerum?  1424
♦fig.to change course: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  come doucement parle vostre espouse et vous apele a lui si amiablement; aprés ceo coment il tourne le lof et parle mult harogousement  85.13
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