† orfevern.

Forms: late Middle English orfeuer.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French orfevre.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman orfevre, orfever, orfevere, etc., and Middle French orfevre, etc., goldsmith (c1210 in Old French; French orfèvre ) < or gold (see or n.¹) + fevre fever n.² Compare classical Latin aurifex aurifex n., post-classical Latin aurifaber (frequently 1086–1552 in British sources).It is uncertain whether the following should be taken as showing the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word:1305 in G. Otto Handwerkernamen im Mittelengl. (1938) 27 Orfevre.1362 in F. Collins Reg. Freemen York (1897) I. 57 Johannes del Forth, orfeuer.1421 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/300/16) m. 1 Johannes Wynne Orfeuer & Johannes Claueryng Draper. Compare also uses as surname, e.g.:1254–8 in H. E. Salter Cartulary Oseney Abbey (1934) IV. 184 Waltero le Orfeuere.1258 Patent Roll, 42 Henry III 3 Aug. (P.R.O.: C 66/72) m. 4 Henricus le Orfeure.

Obsolete. rare.

A goldsmith.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > worker in gold or silver > goldsmith

goldsmithOE

orfevera1450

gold worker1633

ridge cully1667

aurifex1862

a1450 in L. T. Smith York Plays (1885) p. xxi (MED) Orfeuers, Goldbeters, Monemakers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	orfever
释义	† orfevern. Forms: late Middle English orfeuer. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French orfevre. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman orfevre, orfever, orfevere, etc., and Middle French orfevre, etc., goldsmith (c1210 in Old French; French orfèvre ) < or gold (see or n.¹) + fevre fever n.² Compare classical Latin aurifex aurifex n., post-classical Latin aurifaber (frequently 1086–1552 in British sources).It is uncertain whether the following should be taken as showing the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word:1305 in G. Otto Handwerkernamen im Mittelengl. (1938) 27 Orfevre.1362 in F. Collins Reg. Freemen York (1897) I. 57 Johannes del Forth, orfeuer.1421 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/300/16) m. 1 Johannes Wynne Orfeuer & Johannes Claueryng Draper. Compare also uses as surname, e.g.:1254–8 in H. E. Salter Cartulary Oseney Abbey (1934) IV. 184 Waltero le Orfeuere.1258 Patent Roll, 42 Henry III 3 Aug. (P.R.O.: C 66/72) m. 4 Henricus le Orfeure. Obsolete. rare. A goldsmith. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > worker in gold or silver > goldsmith goldsmithOE orfevera1450 gold worker1633 ridge cully1667 aurifex1862 a1450 in L. T. Smith York Plays (1885) p. xxi (MED) Orfeuers, Goldbeters, Monemakers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1450
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