þora

See also: Þóra and Thora

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þora.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔːra

Verb

þora (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þorði, supine þorað)

  1. to dare

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurāną, of uncertain origin. Compare Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (to cross over, overcome, pass through), see also Sanskrit तरति (tarati, to overcome, surpass, contend).

Verb

þora (singular past indicative þorði, plural past indicative þorðu, past participle þoraðr)

  1. to dare, have the courage to do a thing

Conjugation

Conjugation of þora — active (weak class 3)
infinitive þora
present participle þorandi
past participle þorar
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular þori þorða þora þørða
2nd person singular þorir þorðir þorir þørðir
3rd person singular þorir þorði þori þørði
1st person plural þorum þorðum þorim þørðim
2nd person plural þorið þorðuð þorið þørðið
3rd person plural þora þorðu þori þørði
imperative present
2nd person singular þor
1st person plural þorum
2nd person plural þorið
Conjugation of þora — mediopassive (weak class 3)
infinitive þorask
present participle þorandisk
past participle þorazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular þorumk þorðumk þorumk þørðumk
2nd person singular þorisk þorðisk þorisk þørðisk
3rd person singular þorisk þorðisk þorisk þørðisk
1st person plural þorumsk þorðumsk þorimsk þørðimsk
2nd person plural þorizk þorðuzk þorizk þørðizk
3rd person plural þorask þorðusk þorisk þørðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular þorsk
1st person plural þorumsk
2nd person plural þorizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þora
  • Faroese: tora
  • Norwegian:
  • Old Swedish: þora
  • Scanian: tøra, toras
  • Gutnish: tårsa, törsa

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þora”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 514; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

  • þura, þøra; thoras (deponent verb)

Etymology

From Old Norse þora, of unknown origin.

Verb

þora

  1. to dare
  2. (auxiliary) may, can, to be possible

Conjugation

Conjugation of þora (weak)
present past
infinitive þora
participle þorandi, -e þor(i)t (ntr.)
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk þor, þør þori, -e þorþi, -e þorþi, -e
þū þor, þør þori, -e þor þorþi, -e þorþi, -e
han þor, þør þori, -e þorþi, -e þorþi, -e
vīr þorum, -om þorum, -om þorum, -om þorþum, -om þorþum, -om
īr þorin þorin þorin þorþin þorþin
þēr þora þorin þorþu, -om þorþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk
þū
han
vīr
īr
þēr

Descendants