“aufe”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

aufe

释义

† auf(e Obs.
Also 7 aulfe, auph, 8 dial. awf.
[a. ON. álfr (cogn. w. OE. ælf) elf, fairy; but apparently not applied in Eng. to the elves themselves.]
An elf's child, a goblin child, a changeling left by the fairies; hence, a misbegotten, deformed, or idiot child, a half-wit, simpleton. The earlier and more etymological form of oaf¹.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. iv. i. (1651) 519 A very monster, an aufe imperfect.1627Drayton Agincourt, etc. 119 Say that the Fayrie left this Aulfe, And tooke away the other.1659Brome Eng. Moor iii. ii. 43 The Arsivarsiest Aufe that ever crept into the world.1678Dryden Kind Kpr. i. i. 11 You Auph you, do you not perceive?c1750Tim Bobbin Eawther & Buk, What an awf wur I t' pretend rime weh yo!

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