Old English · noun
orf
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- Modern English
- cattlelivestockan anglo-saxon dictionaryjoseph bosworthoxford university presst. northcote toller
Meaning
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cattle
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livestock
Þæt fīfte wīte wæs cwealm on heora orfe, swā þæt on ðām lande fornēan nān orf ne belāf, buton Israheles bē ānsund ġestōd.
The fifth plague was a pestilence among their livestock, such that in the land almost no livestock were left, except for those of Israel, who remained healthy.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
PIE root *h₃erbʰ- Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *orb, from Proto-Germanic *urbą. Cognate with Old Swedish orf.
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