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Definition of 'hof'English
Etymology 1
A loan from (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
Enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house.
* 1993 May, William, Trevor, Jake's Castle'', in ''Harper's Magazine :
- Ulrike lived in a farm hof , and all around me were the dark blank fields punctuated by a few disparate lights.
* 2009 , Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds (New York: Black Cat, 1st edition):
- Like many old houses, this one had a front section, where I lived, and at the back an interior courtyard, the Hof , enclosed on all three sides by more apartments.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
(Neopaganism) Template, sanctuary, hall.
* 1996 for each ten churches burned to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged'' Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, ''Gods of the Blood , 2003, p. 307.
* 2005 Asatruarfelagid lacks a central religious temple, or ''hof'' in Icelandic. Constructing a hof has been high on the members' wish list for many years Michael Strmiska, Modern Paganism In World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, p. 170.
* 2006' ''A '''Hof dedicated to the worship of the Aesir and the Vanir idhavellihof.org
Etymology 3
From (etyl) . Compare howff ("tavern").
Noun
( en-noun)
A Korean-style bar or pub.
* {{quote-news|2009|January 4|Adam B. Ellick|In Queens: A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book|New York Times citation
|passage=To the south are Korean spas, Korean barbecue joints and hofs , or Korean pubs. }}
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