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Old English · noun

þearf

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /θæ͜ɑrf/
[θæ͜ɑrˠf]
Syllables: θæ͜ɑrf (1 syllable)
Modern English: privation need

þearf1 · noun · feminine

Senses

need (+ genitive = "for" something)
hardship, privation

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of þearf
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	þearf	þearfa þearfe
Accusative	þearfe	þearfa þearfe
Genitive	þearfe	þearfa
Dative	þearfe	þearfum

þearf2 · verb · inflected form

Senses

first/third-person singular present of þurfan
Inflected form of þurfan

All forms (4)

þearf
þearfa
þearfe
þearfum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þarbu.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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