tore

English

/tɔː/, /tɔɹ/, /to(ː)ɹ/, /toə/

adj
Definitions
  • (dialectal) Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
  • (dialectal) Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
  • (dialectal) Full; rich.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English tor derived from Old Norse tor- (difficult, wrong, bad, hard) derived from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (difficult, bad, hard, wrong) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (bad, difficult, ill, wrong), *dēwǝ- (be lacking, be behind, fail).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dēwǝ-

Gloss

be lacking, be behind, fail

Concept
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