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 or elf child; a child left by fairies.
  • noun obsolete A deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.

Etymologies

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From Old English auph, aulf, from Icelandic. See elf.

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