Definition of "erf" [erf]

• Inheritance; patrimony. (noun)
• Stock; cattle. (noun)
• A small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement. (noun)

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• "Hendrika went off with a somewhat ugly grin to do her mistress's bidding, and Stella led the way through the narrow gateway in the marble wall, which may have enclosed nearly half an "erf," or three-quarters of an acre of ground in all."
• "I heard the first few notes and was like "erf?" and prepared to hate it."
• "We aer in teh middlol iv a jenrul ilekshun an iffn haff teh fings teh polly tishuns promis caem troo it wud be hebben awn erf!"