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orf

  • noun [ neuter ]
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orf, es; n.
Cattle, live stock
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  • Ǽlce geáre byþ orf ácenned, and mennisce menn tó mannum ácennede, ða ðe God gewyrcþ swá swá he geworhte ða ǽrran. Hexam. 12 ; Norm. 20, 20.

  • Cuce orf,

      L. Edg. S. 8 ; Th. i. 274. 25.

  • Swá mycel orfes wæs ðæs geáres forfaren, swá nán man ǽr ne gemunde,

      Chr. 1041 ; Erl. 169, 7.

  • Hé nam him on orfe and on mannum and on ǽhtum swá him gewearþ,

      1052; Erl. 183, 22.

  • Hé hæfde on orfe micele ǽhte

    fuerunt ei oves et boves,

      Gen. 12, 16.

  • Ǽlces cynnes orf

    animantia diversi generis,

      Ex. 12, 38.

  • Habbaþ ðæt orf eów gemǽne

    omnia animantia diripiens vobis,

      Jos. 8, 2.

  • Hí námon eall ðet orf ðe hí mihton tó cuman, ðæt wæs fela þúsend,

      Chr. 1064; Erl. 196, 5.

  • Drífaþ hider eówre orf

    adducite pecora vestra,

      Gen. 47, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “orf.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/24921.

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