lopt

English

Etymology

lop +‎ -t

Verb

lopt

1. (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

1. attic
2. 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 (obsolete)