OFr.
or OFr.
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abbreviation
Old French.
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Words nearby OFr.
of necessity, of note, of old, of one's life, of one's own accord, OFr., OFris, OFS, of sorts, Ofsted, oft
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How to use OFr. in a sentence
Griis is the grey back alone, and the French word is retained for the rime with biis, which was probably in the OFr.
It is hard to say whether -ss- remained throughout in Northern dialects, or whether the development was OFr.