# oaf

> English word · Noun · IPA /əʊf/ · frequency rank #70,964

## Definitions
1. A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.
2. An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.

## Etymology
Variant of awf, auf, aufe, probably from Old Norse álfr (“elf”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål alv). Doublet of alf and elf.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/oaf