English

Noun

orf ‎(uncountable)

1. (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).

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

Etymology 3

Noun

orf ‎(plural orfs)

1. Alternative form of orfe (the fish)

Etymology 4

Adverb

orf ‎(not comparable)

1. (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

1. (eye dialect) off

Preposition

orf

1. (eye dialect) off

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrv/
• Rhymes: -ɔrv

Noun

orf n ‎(genitive singular orfs, nominative plural orf)

1. snath

Declension