Þarfa

Old Norse Dictionary - þarfa

Meaning of Old Norse word "þarfa" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

þarfa Old Norse word can mean:

þarfa: að, [Germ. dürfen], to need, want; impers., e-m þarfar e-t; torf-skurð eptir því sem þeim þarfar, … sem þarfar búi á Grund, Dipl. v. 14; þann kost er honum þarfaði, Fb. i. 211; sem honum þótti sér þarfa, 208.

þarfa: 2. reflex., alla hluti þá er honum þarfaðisk, Fms. ix. 501, v. l.; sem jörðunni þarfast, Dipl. v. 5, 14: kost sem honum vel þarfast, iii. 14.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛅᚱᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Germ.: German.

impers.: impersonal.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

pers.: person.

pl.: plural.

v.: vide.

reflex.: retlexive.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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