Obs. [f. OE. ęrfe, ięrfe, ON. arfr (cf. OFris. erf, OHG. and Goth. arbi) inheritance + OE. *numa taker, f. niman to take. With OE. ięrfe, yrfe-numa cf. Goth. arbi-numja, OHG. arbinomo, OFris. erfnoma, erfnama: the ON. cognate, the probable source of Ormin’s arrfname, is not found.] Inheritor, heir.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xxi. 38. Ðes ys yrfenuma.
c. 1160. Hatton G., ibid. Ðes ys se earfedneme.
c. 1200. Ormin, 17744. Arrfname off heffness riche.
