Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The older form of
oaf .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
changeling orelf child ; a child left byfairies . - noun obsolete A
deformed orfoolish child; asimpleton ; anoaf .
Etymologies
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From Old English auph, aulf, from Icelandic. See elf.
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