Etymology

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Today it means: An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *hreubaz
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orf · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hreubaz
  2. English todayorf

From Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).

orf · noun2

See orfe.

Orf · proper noun3

  1. German · borrowed fromOrf
  2. English todayOrf

Borrowed from German Orf.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*hreubaz all →

reefdandruff

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