orf
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔːf/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔːf
Etymology 1
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.
References
- “orf”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
From the same source as Etymology 1, or from Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).
Noun
orf (uncountable)
Translations
an exanthemous disease
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Etymology 3
See orfe.
Etymology 4
Pronunciation spelling.
Adverb
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.
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse orf, from Proto-Germanic *wurba-, related to *warpą.[1] Cognate with Swedish orv, Old High German worf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔrv/
- Rhymes: -ɔrv
Declension
Synonyms
- (string trimmer): sláttuorf n
References
- Liberman, A. (1982). Germanic Accentology. United States: University of Minnesota Press, p. 165
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English orf, from Proto-West Germanic *arbī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔrf/
Descendants
- English: orf
References
- “orf, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-2.
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