1 ÞJARFR
þjarf, þjarft, adj. [A. S. þeorf; old Fr. derve; Germ. derb]:—unleavened, of bread; þjarft brauð ok akr-súrur, Hom. 82; súrt brauð en eigi þjarft, 83.
2 ÞJARFR
2. fresh, of water, opp. to salt; bauð hann þjörfum vötnum fram at fljóta, Sks. 628 B.
3 ÞJARFR
3. metaph. insipid, flat, vile (cp. Dan. flau), of a person; kalla mann þjarfan, Edda i. 530; so also þirfingr. The change in the mod. Germ. derb = rude, harsh, is curious; in O. H. G. and in mid. H. G. the word, according to Grimm, Dict. s. v., was only used in its proper sense = azymos, as also in A. S.