Þurft

Old Norse Dictionary - þurft

Meaning of Old Norse word "þurft" in English.

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

þurft Old Norse word can mean:

þurft: and þyrft, f. need, want, necessity; þeim aurum er til hans þyrfta var keypt, Grág. i. 412; til þyrftar ómögum, for their maintenance, 85, 128; of þurft fram, Hom. (St.); kveðr hverr sinnar þurftar, everyone speaks his own needs, a saying; þurpt sína ok nauðsyn, Fms. vii. 101; fylgja lögum eða svá laudsins þurft, ix. 252; hann miskunnaði hverjum sem helzt beiddi þurft til, Post. 304; þeir skygnðu um alla þ. í kenningum sínum, Hom. 46; hjalpa náungi þínum í hans þ. ok nauðsyn, Stj. 54.

þurft: 2. medic. one’s needs; ganga þurfta sinna = örna sinna, N. G. L. i. 164; beiðast þurftar, id., Bs. i. 326, 644; lá steinn í hrörunum sá er stemdi þurftina, of stone in the bladder, 310; ganga innar þynnri þurftarinnar, the thin need, i. e. making water, 383.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

m.: masculine.

þ.: þáttr.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

i. e.: id est.

L.: Linnæus.

medic.: medicine, medically.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Post.: Postula Sögur. (F. III.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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