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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Examples
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_caput_ for zerbrochen (broken to pieces); _schoos_, _sooss_ for "auf den Schooss möcht ich" (I want to get up in the lap); _auf_ for "hinauf möchte ich gehoben werden" (I want to be taken up); _toich_ for Storch
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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Bin auf die weiteren Diskussionen hier im Blog oder auf Ayom sehr gespannt.
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Here's an mp3 download for you: Blue Velvet's own best fiend Frank Booth, in some defining scenes -- dubbed auf Deutsch.
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'Nachdem die Vorbereitungen zu dem auf dem GurzenichSaale zu Ebren der Abgeordneten Statt finden sollenden Bankette bereits vollstandig getroffen worden waren, fand heute vormittag auf polizeiliche
Celtic Literature Matthew Arnold 1855
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Students receive at least an hour of Hebrew instruction daily - the hallway is filled with ear-piercing shouts as the students learn that chicken is called auf and a cow is a parah.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hatte den Referenzkurs am Mittag auf 1,3231 (Dienstag: 1,3255) Dollar festgesetzt.
doggdot.us 2009
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Any ideas as to what type of shop sells this here, and / or what it's called auf Deutsch?
Toytown Germany - Germany feed mlovett 2008
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This is a place where all of the designers are supported whether they are first "auf" or Grand Prize Winners.
Welcome Newbies! Laura K 2006
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