different between orf vs orl

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f/
• Rhymes: -??f

Etymology 1

From Middle English orf, from Old English orf (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-West Germanic *arb?.

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.

Etymology 2

From the same source as Etymology 1, or from Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (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

See orfe.

Noun

orf (plural orfs)

1. Alternative form of orfe (the fish)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation spelling.

Adverb

orf (not comparable)

1. (pronunciation spelling) off
   • 1945, 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. (pronunciation spelling) off

Preposition

orf

1. (pronunciation spelling) off

Anagrams

• 'fro, FOR, for, for-, fro

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse orv, from Proto-Germanic *wur?a-, related to *warp?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rv/
• Rhymes: -?rv

Noun

orf n (genitive singular orfs, nominative plural orf)

1. snath
2. string trimmer

Declension

Synonyms

• (string trimmer): sláttuorf n

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

• orve, oreve, orfe

Etymology

From Old English orf, from Proto-West Germanic *arb?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rf/

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.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ôrl, IPA^(key): /??l/
• (US) enPR: ôrl, IPA^(key): /??l/
• Homophone: orle

Etymology 1

Metathetic variant of olr, itself a variant of alr, itself a contraction of aller, itself a form of alder closer to the original Old English form of alor, aler (the d was a phonetic addition in Middle English); compare the English oryelle, as well as the Old High German erila, the Middle High German erle, and the Modern German Erle.

Noun

orl (plural orls)

1. (in some British dialects, now rare) An alder tree.
2. (obsolete, rare, elliptically) orl fly

Derived terms

• orl fly (angling)

References

• “Orl” listed on page 205 of volume VII (O–P) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1909]
  Orl, dial. form of olr, alr, Alder, the tree. [¶] [c 1440, see Oryelle.] 1747 R. Bowlker Art of Angling 27 This Hedge ought to be made chiefly of Orls. 1804 Duncumb Hist. Hereford I. Gloss. (E. D. S.), Orl, the wood alder. [¶] Hence Orl-fly, ellipt. Orl, the alder-fly, Sialis lutarius, used by anglers. [¶] 1747 R. Bowlker Art of Angling 69 The Orle Fly..is the best Fly to Fish with after the May Flyes are gone. 1787 Best Angling (ed. 2) 115 The Orl fly comes on the latter end of May and continues on till the latter end of June. 1875 W. Houghton Brit. Insects 64 The well-known orl or Alder-fly (Sialis lutarius).
• “orl” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)
• “orl, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, September 2004)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling.

Adverb

orl (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of all.

   That’s orl right.

Anagrams

• LRO, Lor, lor