to let, allow
—
to praise
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old Norse | |
| Lexeme | leyfa | |
| Meaning 1 | to permit, allow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to praise | |
| Reference | Cleasby, Vigfusson: 386 | |
| Comment | German Lob, OHG lob, Old Frisian lof, Old English lof, Dutch lof, Sweden lov, Old Norse lof ‘a praise’ < Proto-Germanic *lubą-; English belief, believe ‘trust; have faith’, leave ‘permission’, Old English belyfan, geleafa (Mercian), gelefa (Northumbrian), gelyfan (West Saxon) ‘to have faith’, German glauben ‘to believe’, OHG gilouben, Dutch geloven, Old Saxon gilobian, Gothic galaubjan ‘to believe’ from Proto-Germanic *ga-laubjan ‘to believe’ (Harper's Etymonline, Levickij 2010, 1, 352) | |