lopt

English

Etymology

lop +‎ -t

Verb

lopt

(archaic) simple past and past participle of lop

Anagrams

OLTP, PTOL, plot, polt

Old Norse

Alternative forms

loft

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luftuz. Cognates include Old English lyft, Dutch lucht, German Luft.

Noun

lopt n

attic
air, heaven
- Vǫlospá 46 (Codex Regius):
  hátt blæss Heimdallr / horn er á lopti ― loudly Heimdallr blows / the horn is aloft

Descendants

Icelandic: loft
Faroese: loft
Norwegian: loft
Swedish: loft
Danish: luft
→ Old English: loft
- Middle English: lofte
  - Scots: loft, laft
  - English: loft
→ Irish: lochta, lafta, lofta, lota; lochda

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