orf

Meanings

Noun

• Cattle.
• An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.
• Alternative of orfe (the fish)

Adverb

• off

Adjective

• off

Origin

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