þarf
Middle English
verb form
Definitions
- (inflection of) thurven "to need, to require or have cause for".
Etymology
Inherited from Old English þearf.
Origin
Old English
þearf
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *þarbō Proto-Germanic
- *þarf Proto-Germanic
- *þurfaną Proto-Germanic
- fyrenþearf Old English
- sawelþearf Old English
- þearf Old English
- tharf Middle English
- ther Middle English