Þarfnaðr

Old Norse Dictionary - þarfnaðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þarfnaðr"

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

þarfnaðr
m. a need, want, H. E. i. 562 (note); older form þörfnuðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
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