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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English orf, from Old English orf (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-West Germanic *arbī.
Akin to Old English ierfe (“inheritance, livestock, cattle”). More at erf.
Noun[edit]
orf (uncountable)
References[edit]
- “orf”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Etymology 2[edit]
From the same source as Etymology 1, or from Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).
Noun[edit]
orf (uncountable)
- (medicine) An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.
Translations[edit]
an exanthemous disease
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Etymology 3[edit]
See orfe.
Noun[edit]
orf (plural orfs)
- Alternative form of orfe (the fish)
Etymology 4[edit]
Pronunciation spelling.
Adverb[edit]
orf (not comparable)
- (pronunciation spelling) off
- 1945, Enid Blyton, The Mystery of the Secret Room:
- 'Yes – you clear orf!' said Mr Goon majestically, feeling that he really had got the better of those interfering kids this time.
Adjective[edit]
orf
- (pronunciation spelling) off
Preposition[edit]
orf
- (pronunciation spelling) off
Anagrams[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse orf, from Proto-Germanic *wurba-, related to *warpą.[1] Cognate with Swedish orv, Old High German worf.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
orf n (genitive singular orfs, nominative plural orf)
Declension[edit]
declension of orf
Synonyms[edit]
- (string trimmer): sláttuorf n
References[edit]
- ^ Liberman, A. (1982). Germanic Accentology. United States: University of Minnesota Press, p. 165
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English orf, from Proto-West Germanic *arbī.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
orf (plural orffes)
- Stock, cattle; farm animals.
- A group of ovines in particular.
Descendants[edit]
- English: orf
References[edit]
- “orf, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-2.
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