An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/geloben

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
geloben
Friedrich Kluge2511253An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G — geloben1891John Francis Davis

geloben, vb. ‘to promise, vow,’ from the equiv. MidHG. geloben, OHG. gilobôn (akin to loben); lit. ‘to assent, applaud.’