orf

See also: ORF

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English orf, from Old English orf (“cattle, livestock”), akin to Old English ierfe (“inheritance, livestock, cattle”). More at erf.

Noun

orf (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Cattle.

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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse hrufa (“scab”) (whence also dandruff).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːf/
• Rhymes: -ɔːf

Noun

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

an exanthemous disease

• Irish: salachar béil m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːf/
• Rhymes: -ɔːf

Noun

orf (plural orfs)

1. Alternative form of orfe (the fish)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːf/
• Rhymes: -ɔːf

Adverb

orf (not comparable)

1. (eye dialect) off
   • (Can we date this quote?) 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

orf

1. (eye dialect) off

Preposition

orf

1. (eye dialect) off

Anagrams

• 'fro, FOR, for, for-, fro

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrv/
• Rhymes: -ɔrv

Noun

orf n (genitive singular orfs, nominative plural orf)

1. snath
2. string trimmer

Declension

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

• (string trimmer): sláttuorf n

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• orve, oreve, orfe

Etymology

From Old English orf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrf/

Noun

orf (plural orffes)

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

Descendants

• English: orf

References

• “orf (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-2.