orf

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See also: Orf and ORF

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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orf (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Cattle.
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Etymology 2

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From the same source as Etymology 1, or from Old Norse hrufa (scab), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).

Noun

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orf (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.
Translations
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Etymology 3

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See orfe.

Noun

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orf (plural orfs)

  1. Alternative form of orfe (the fish)

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation spelling.

Adverb

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orf (not comparable)

  1. (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

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orf

  1. (pronunciation spelling) off

Preposition

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orf

  1. (pronunciation spelling) off

Anagrams

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse orf, from Proto-Germanic *wurba-, related to *warpą.[1] Cognate with Swedish orv, Old High German worf.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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orf n (genitive singular orfs, nominative plural orf)

  1. snath
  2. string trimmer

Declension

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    Declension of orf
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative orf orfið orf orfin
accusative orf orfið orf orfin
dative orfi orfinu orfum orfunum
genitive orfs orfsins orfa orfanna

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Liberman, A. (1982). Germanic Accentology. United States: University of Minnesota Press, p. 165

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English orf, from Proto-West Germanic *arbī.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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orf (plural orffes)

  1. Stock, cattle; farm animals.
  2. A group of ovines in particular.

Descendants

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  • English: orf

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