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English Dictionary: [oaf] by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oaf \Oaf\ ([omac]f), n. [See {Auf}.]
      Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or
      goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an
      idiot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Auf \Auf\ ([add]f), n. [OE. auph, aulf, fr. Icel. [be]lfr elf.
      See {Elf}.] [Also spelt {oaf}, {ouphe}.]
      A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a
      deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.]
      --Drayton.
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