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)

(obsolete) Cattle.

References

orf in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Etymology 2

From the same source as Etymology 1, or from Old Norse hrufa (“scab”) (whence also dandruff).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔːf/
Rhymes: -ɔːf

Noun

orf (uncountable)

(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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔːf/
Rhymes: -ɔːf

Noun

orf (plural orfs)

Alternative form of orfe (the fish)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔːf/
Rhymes: -ɔːf

Adverb

orf (not comparable)

(eye dialect) off
- 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

(eye dialect) off

Preposition

orf

(eye dialect) off

Anagrams

'fro, FOR, for, for-, fro

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔrv/
Rhymes: -ɔrv

Noun

orf n (genitive singular orfs, nominative plural orf)

Declension

declension of orf

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
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

Middle English

Alternative forms

orve, oreve, orfe

Etymology

From Old English orf.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔrf/

Noun

orf (plural orffes)

Stock, cattle; farm animals.
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.

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