þurfan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to need
- to be obliged (to do something)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną (need, require, must).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þurbaną
Gloss
need, require, must
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Cognates and derived terms
- *terp- Proto-Indo-European
- *tetórpe Proto-Indo-European
- *þarf Proto-Germanic
- *þurbaną Proto-Germanic
- turva Norwegian Nynorsk
- thurven Middle English
- þora Old Norse
- þurfa Old Norse
- þurfsamr Old Norse
- þurfa Icelandic
- durven Middle Dutch
- durfan Old High German
- thurfan Old High German
- dürfen Middle High German
- 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍆𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- דאַרפֿן Yiddish
- *þurban gmw-pro
- *thurvan Old Dutch
- durran Old Dutch
- thurvan Old Dutch
- thurvan Old Saxon
- törfe Alemannic German
- þorva Old Swedish
- dürve Central Franconian