þarfa
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þarbōną. Related to þǫrf (“need, necessity”) and þurfa (“to need”).
Verb
þarfa
- (impersonal, ditransitive, with person dative and object accusative) to have one in want of
- fekk svá mikinn fjárhlut sem honum þótti sér þarfa
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Conjugation
References
- þarfa in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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