Þurft

Old Norwegian Dictionary - þurft

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "þurft" in Norwegian.

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

þurft: þurft, f. 1) Trang, Behov; Jamtr sjalfirbáðu ok beiddu honum sína þjónostu -ok kölluðu þat þurft sína ok nauðsynFm. VII, 10119, jvf Barl. 598; seg mérhverr er þú vilt mér vera í mínni þurfteða hverja hjalp er ek skal eiga af þérvón Barl. 5814; leitaðu þeir at takasér eld, þvíat œrin var þurft til, effást mætti Fm. VIII, 561; gleyma þurftsálar sínnar Barl. 564; hafa e-t tilþurftar e-m dvs. til ens bedste, til at af-hjælpe ens Trang, Grg. I, 8718. 11526;kaupa e-t til þurftar e-s Grág. 22711;of þurft fram dvs. mere end fornødent, Homil. 5614. 2) Hjælp, Gave; hannvildi líf sítt fram leggja þeim til þurftar,er þeir þóttost þess þurfa Barl. 5732. 3) Afføring af de menneskelige Excre-menter, især Urinen (jvf þarfagangr);lá steinn í hrœrunum, sá er stemdiþurftina Bp. I, 31026; ef maðr sitr áborði ok gengr þurfta sínna Frost. 4,17 (jvf Bp. I, 38728; Mar. 874); gangahinnar þynnri þurftarinnar dvs. ladeVandet, Bp. I, 38314; beiðast þurftar,sœkja þurft dvs. søge at faa lade Vandet,Bp. I, 3267. 64419.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚢᚱᚠᛏ
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:

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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