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==Etymology==
− It is [[inh|ang|lā|t=an exclamation of surprise, grief or joy]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) fused with Middle English lo, probably short for lok, look!, the imperative of loken (see [[look]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) Old English lā is recorded from about 725, in Beowulf.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is [[inh|ang|lā|t=an exclamation of surprise, grief or joy]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) fused with Middle English lo, probably short for lok, look!, the imperative of [[m|ang|loken]] (see [[look]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) [[ang|lā]] is recorded from about 725, in Beowulf.^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==