Þarfa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - þarfa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "þarfa" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

þarfa: þarfa, v. (að) være fornøden for en (e-m);fékk svá mikinn fjárhlut sem honumþótti sér þarfa Flat. I, 20837; honumskyldi gefa kost sœmiliga sem hon-um þarfaði Flat. I, 21128; þarfast v. r. 1) = þarfa; vil ek gefa þér skip -með mönnum - ok þvílíkri athöfnsem þér þarfast Flat. I, 21316; Dn. I,29521. 26; þarfaðist oss nauðsynsamliga,ef þér mættir með nökkoro móti ráðfirir gera, eitt siglutré til sjalfs vársskips Dn. VIII, 1198. 2) = þarfnast, m.Gen. at hón þarfist eigi þeirrar skyldu,er hón á at forno at hafa Dn. II, 10410.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᛆᚱᚠᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

v.: Verbum.

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