orf
See also: ORF
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
NounEdit
orf (uncountable)
ReferencesEdit
- orf in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Etymology 2Edit
From the same source as Etymology 1, or from Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).
NounEdit
orf (uncountable)
- (medicine) An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.
TranslationsEdit
an exanthemous disease
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Etymology 3Edit
See orfe.
NounEdit
orf (plural orfs)
- Alternative form of orfe (the fish)
Etymology 4Edit
Pronunciation spelling.
AdverbEdit
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.
- 1945, Enid Blyton, The Mystery of the Secret Room
AdjectiveEdit
orf
- (pronunciation spelling) off
PrepositionEdit
orf
- (pronunciation spelling) off
AnagramsEdit
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse orv, from Proto-Germanic *wurƀa-, related to *warpą.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
orf n (genitive singular orfs, nominative plural orf)
DeclensionEdit
declension of orf
SynonymsEdit
- (string trimmer): sláttuorf n
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Liberman, A. (1982). Germanic Accentology. United States: University of Minnesota Press, p. 165
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English orf, from Proto-West Germanic *arbī.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
orf (plural orffes)
- Stock, cattle; farm animals.
- A group of ovines in particular.
DescendantsEdit
- English: orf
ReferencesEdit
- “orf, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.