Þarfa

Old Norse Dictionary - þarfa

Meaning of Old Norse word "þarfa"

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

Old Norse word þarfa can mean:þarfa

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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