þora

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See also: Þóra and Thora

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þora

Pronunciation

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Verb

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þora (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þorði, supine þorað)

  1. to dare

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þurāną, of uncertain origin. Compare Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (to cross over, overcome, pass through), see also Sanskrit तरति (tarati, to overcome, surpass, contend).

Verb

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þora (singular past indicative þorði, plural past indicative þorðu, past participle þoraðr)

  1. to dare, have the courage to do a thing

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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  • þora in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Old Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þora, of unknown origin.

Verb

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þora

  1. to dare
  2. (auxiliary) may, can, to be possible

Conjugation

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Descendants

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