þeorf

Old English

Alternative forms

  • þorof

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þerbaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θe͜orf/, [θe͜orˠf]

Adjective

þeorf

  1. unleavened
  2. (of milk) not sour; fresh; skim

Declension

Noun

þeorf ?

  1. (used attributively) unleavened bread

Descendants

  • Middle English: therf, tharf, tharfe, therfe, þarf, þerf, þerfe, þeorrf (Ormulum)
    • English: tharf (obsolete)
    • Scots: tharf, therf