þarfa
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *þarbōną. Related to þǫrf (“need, necessity”) and þurfa (“to need”).
Verb[edit]
þarfa
- (impersonal, ditransitive, with person dative and object accusative) to have one in want of
- fekk svá mikinn fjárhlut sem honum þótti sér þarfa
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of þarfa — impersonal, active (weak class 2)
References[edit]
- þarfa in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Categories:
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terp-
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse verbs
- Old Norse impersonal verbs
- Old Norse ditransitive verbs
- Old Norse terms with usage examples
- Old Norse class 2 weak verbs