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hof

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[in , , and hof means a hall, aedes, (whence hof = a farm, answering to bær or Norse ból,) and the court or king’s household, (in the old languages this sense is unknown); Ulf renders ναός and ἱερόν by alhs; in Danish local names -vé prevails, but in Norse and Hof still survives in many local names, Hof, Hof-garðr, Hof-staðir, Hofs-fell, Hofs-teigr, Hofs-vágr, , Munch’s Norg. Beskriv.; and as the temple formed the nucleus of the old political life (see goði and goðorð), all these names throw light on the old political geography; Hofland near Appleby in ]:—a temple; distinction is made between hof, a temple (a sanctuary with a roof), and hörgr, an altar, holy circle, or any roofless place of worship: passages referring to hof and worship are very numerous, for Norway, 12, Aðalst. 16, 76 (by Odd Munk 41), (1853) 113–115, 36, 23, 88, 89, i. 474 (); for Iceland, 1. 11, 21, 2. 12, 3. 16 (twice), 4. 2, 6 (interesting), 7, 5. 3 (p. 284), 8 (interesting), 12, 3, 4, 10, 25, Harð. 19, 37, 15, 17, 2, 87, 7, pp. 10, 11, pp. 10, 11, 2, ; also 7, 38, 4: , orð-hof, the word’s sanctuary = the mouth,
2. a hall (as in and Saxon), 33 ():
I. with , hofs-dyrr, temple-doors, i. 97. hofs-eiðr, a temple-oath, 388. hofs-goði, a, = hofgoði, 754. hofs-helgi, = hofhelgi. hofs-hurð, a temple-door (janua), i. 302. hofs-höfðingi, a, a temple-lord, 645. 90. hofs-mold, temple-earth, holy mould, see 254. hofs-teigr, a strip of temple-land, glebe, 241.II. hof-garðr, a temple-yard, a local name, hof-goði, a, a temple-priest (see goði), 254, i. 6, 12, 14, 16 new hof-grið, asylum in a sanctuary, 80, hof-gyðja, u, a priestess, 10, 265, hof-helgi, a temple-holiday, feast; halda h., Ísl. ii. 15: the sanctity of a hof, 38, 251. hof-prestr, a temple-priest, hof-staðr, a ‘temple-stead,’ sanctuary, 26, ii. 73. hof-tollr, a temple-toll, rate, 10, 6, 12 new , i. 6, 11, answering to the modern church-rate.B. A court, almost solely in compds, and not earlier than the 14th century, from Romances: hof-ferð, pride, pomp, ii. 122. hof-ferðugr, proud. hof-fólk, courtiers, Thom. 322, 479, 161, 51, 21. 8. hof-frakt, pomp, i. 46, 86. hof-garðr, a lordly mansion, Thom., Bév., hof-list, pomp, Thom. 479. hof-lýðr, = hoffólk, hof-maðr, a courtier; in hofmenn, lords; hertogi greifi ok aðrir hofmenn, 1303; gentry, chiefly in the ballads of the Middle Ages, Ungan leit eg hofmann, In the old dancing parties the leader of the gentlemen was styled hofmann ( Hoffmann). Before dancing began, men and maids having been drawn up in two rows, he went up to the ladies, and the following dialogue ensued: Hér er Hofmann, hér eru allir Hofmanns sveinar.—Hvað vill Hofmann, hvað vilja allir Hofmanns sveinar?—Mey vill Hofmann, mey vilja allir Hofmanns sveinar. Then each dancer engaged his lady for the dance; það var hlaup, og það var hofmanns hlaup, i. 689. A plain in the neighbourhood of the alþingi, where the people met, is still called Hofmanna-flöt, ‘Gentry’s Lea.’ hof-móðugr, haughty, 18. 5. hof-tyft, urbanity, hof-verk, a great feat, i. 71. hof-þénari, a, a court servant, iii. 408.
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