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Auf vs Aul - What's the difference?

auf | aul |

As nouns the difference between auf and aul

is that auf is (obsolete) a changeling or elf child; a child left by fairies while aul is a village encampment in the caucasus, central asia or the southern urals or aul can be .

auf

English

Alternative forms

* oaf * ouphe

Noun

  • (obsolete) A changeling or elf child; a child left by fairies.
  • (obsolete) A deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.
    • (Drayton)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    aul

    English

    (wikipedia aul)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * auol

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A village encampment in the Caucasus, Central Asia or the Southern Urals.
  • * 1973 , Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow :
    • His sorrel face, his long narrow eyes and dusty boots, where he goes on his travels and what really transpires inside the lonely hide tents Out There, among the auls , out in that wind, these are mysteries they don’t care to enter or touch.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • * 1611 , Exodus, King James Version, 21:6:
    • and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul

    Anagrams

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