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awf

/ɔf/

awf noun: an elf. Also the pronunciation spelling of off.

Noun

awf (plural awfs)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) An elf.
    • […] the first fact that craves our attention is that the Alfar, (Elves, Awfs,) and Dvergar, (Dwarfs,) stand in contrast with each other1865, Monthly Packet, page 473
    • […] the 'awfs' or elves, whose flint arrow-heads (awf-shot), shot in malice at cattle or human beings, are found everywhere in the houes and on the moors; […]1875, James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, page 489
    Synonyms:
    ouphe
  2. (obsolete) A fool or simpleton; an oaf.
    • What an awf wur I to pretend rime weh yo.1750, John Collier (Tim Bobbin?), Eawther an His Buk, quoted in 1875, John Howard Nodal, A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect, volume 14, page 18
    • Gin you, cankard awf (ill-natured lout), Silas mays a gawby (fool) o' Robin, he'll loase t' likeliest wench i' th' forest , an' […]1860, J. P. K. Shuttleworth, Scarsdale: Or, Life on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Border, page 163

Also used as

awf is also the pronunciation spelling of off.

Synonyms of awf

Forms of awf

pluralawfs

Origin of awf

From Old Norse álfr.

Questions about awf

What does awf mean?
Awf means an elf.
What part of speech is awf?
Awf is a noun.
How do you pronounce awf?
Awf is pronounced /ɔf/.
What is the plural of awf?
The plural of awf is awfs.

Words near awf in the dictionary

  1. awestruck
  2. aweth
  3. Aweti
  4. aweto
  5. awetos
  6. awf
  7. AWFC
  8. AWFL
  9. AWFLs
  10. awfs
  11. awful

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