laafe

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • laufe, loufe (Kölsch; Westerwald)
  • loofe (Bönnsch, northern Moselle Franconian)
  • loope (northernmost Ripuarian)

Etymology

From Old High German hloufan, loufan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.

Verb

laafe

  1. (southern Moselle Franconian) to run; to walk; to go (move on foot, either at a normal or at an increased speed)

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German hloufan, loufan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔːfə/

Verb

laafe

  1. to run

Derived terms

  • zuricklaafe

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German loufen, from Old High German hloufan, loufan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Compare German laufen, Dutch lopen, English leap, Swedish löpa.

Verb

laafe

  1. to run

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːɸ/

Noun

laafe

  1. leaf
    • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:
      A laafe ing lemethès chote wel ta ba zang,
      A leaf in tatters, I know well to be sung,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 51
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