Obs. rare. [app. deduced from ALOFT, as LIVE a. from alive.] Raised aloft, elated, elevated.
The first quot. may belong to LOFTY a., of which it would then be the earliest example.
14[?]. Audelay, Poems (MS. Douce 302), lf. 29/2. Semele to se, o bold corage, Louele & lofte of his lenage.
1542. Surrey, Death Sir T. Wyatt, 27, in Tottel’s Misc. (Arb.), 29. In neyther fortune loft, nor yet represt.
1557. Tottel’s Misc. (Arb.), 235. Absence my frende workes wonders oft. Now bringes full low that lay full loft.
Comb. 1590. R. W., 3 Lds. & Ladies Lond., G 2 b. Downe with your point, no loft borne Lances here By any stranger be he foe or friend.
