† aufen.

Forms: Also 1600s aulfe, auph, 1700s dialect awf, 1800s– (English regional (Worcestershire)) aowf, naowf; also auf.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse álfr.

Etymology: < Old Norse álfr (cognate with Old English ælf ) elf, fairy; but apparently not applied in English to the elves themselves. The earlier and more etymological form of oaf n.¹

depreciative. Obsolete.

An elf's child, a goblin child, a changeling left by the fairies; (hence) a misbegotten, deformed, or ‘idiot’ child; a half-wit, a simpleton. Cf. ouphe n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > changeling

changeling1584

ouphea1616

aufe1621

oaf1638

killcrop1652

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > person

congeonc1285

idiota1400

foola1425

natural foolc1450

natural idiot1497

natural1533

changeling1577

weakling1577

mooncalf1586

slimslack1600

aufe1621

oaf1638

weak-wit1656

underwit1682

imbecile1830

ament1871

unfortunate1881

balmy1903

subnormal1905

deficient1906

retard1909

retardate1912

retarded1912

mopoke1946

retardee1956

mong1980

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. iii. 608 A very monster, an aufe imperfect.

1627 M. Drayton Nimphidia in Battaile Agincourt 119 Say that the Fayrie left this Aulfe, And tooke away the other.

a1652 R. Brome Eng. Moor iii. ii. 43 in Five New Playes (1659) The Arsivarsiest Aufe that ever crept into the world.

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 11 You Auph you, do you not perceive?

c1750 J. Collier Eawther & Buk What an awf wur I t' pretend rime weh yo!

Derivatives

aufish adj.

ΚΠ

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §153 Can he think that his Readers are so awfish as to imagine [etc.]?

1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Awfish, awvish, 1. Half-witted, silly, dull. 2. Out of sorts, in the sense of not feeling well without being positively poorly; neither sick nor well.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	aufe
释义	† aufen. Forms: Also 1600s aulfe, auph, 1700s dialect awf, 1800s– (English regional (Worcestershire)) aowf, naowf; also auf. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse álfr. Etymology: < Old Norse álfr (cognate with Old English ælf ) elf, fairy; but apparently not applied in English to the elves themselves. The earlier and more etymological form of oaf n.¹ depreciative. Obsolete. An elf's child, a goblin child, a changeling left by the fairies; (hence) a misbegotten, deformed, or ‘idiot’ child; a half-wit, a simpleton. Cf. ouphe n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > changeling changeling1584 ouphea1616 aufe1621 oaf1638 killcrop1652 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > person congeonc1285 idiota1400 foola1425 natural foolc1450 natural idiot1497 natural1533 changeling1577 weakling1577 mooncalf1586 slimslack1600 aufe1621 oaf1638 weak-wit1656 underwit1682 imbecile1830 ament1871 unfortunate1881 balmy1903 subnormal1905 deficient1906 retard1909 retardate1912 retarded1912 mopoke1946 retardee1956 mong1980 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. iii. 608 A very monster, an aufe imperfect. 1627 M. Drayton Nimphidia in Battaile Agincourt 119 Say that the Fayrie left this Aulfe, And tooke away the other. a1652 R. Brome Eng. Moor iii. ii. 43 in Five New Playes (1659) The Arsivarsiest Aufe that ever crept into the world. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 11 You Auph you, do you not perceive? c1750 J. Collier Eawther & Buk What an awf wur I t' pretend rime weh yo! Derivatives aufish adj. ΚΠ a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §153 Can he think that his Readers are so awfish as to imagine [etc.]? 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Awfish, awvish, 1. Half-witted, silly, dull. 2. Out of sorts, in the sense of not feeling well without being positively poorly; neither sick nor well. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1621
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