Obs. Forms: α. 1 lofsang, 2 lofsonge, 3 Orm. loffsang, 1–4 lof-song. β. 3 loft-song(e, 4 loft-sang. [f. LOF + SONG.] A song of praise, a hymn. Hence ǁ Lofsonger, a psalmist.

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c. 900.  trans. Bæda’s Hist., III. xii. (Schipper), 1288. Fram þære tide þæs uhtlican lofsonges.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 99. We wurðiað þes halȝen gastes to-cume mid loftsonge seofen daȝes. Ibid., 153. Þe lof-songere [c. 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. loft-songere] seið Per mille meandros agitat quieta corda.

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c. 1200.  Ormin, 18024. And þurrh Judea tacnedd iss Loffsang Drihhtin to wurrþenn.

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a. 1240.  Sawles Warde, in Cott. Hom., 261. A gleadunge wið-ute met murie loft song ant lihtschipe.

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c. 1320.  Cast. Love, 29. Vche mon ouȝte wt al his mihte, Lof-song syngen to God ȝerne.

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