þarfa

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þarbōną. Related to þǫrf (“need, necessity”) and þurfa (“to need”).

Verb

þarfa

  1. (impersonal) to cause to need [with dative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "need" with the dative object as the subject)
    fekk svá mikinn fjárhlut sem honum þótti sér þarfa
    he received as much money as he thought he needed

Conjugation

Conjugation of þarfa — impersonal, active (weak class 2)
infinitive þarfa
past participle þarfaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
3rd-person singular þarfar þarfaði þarfi þarfaði

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þarfa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 508; also available at the Internet Archive
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