Old English · verb

torfian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈtor.fi.ɑn/
[ˈtorˠ.vi.ɑn]
Syllables: ˈtor · fi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: topsy-turvy torve launch missiles tossed

Meaning

to throw, shoot missiles at, launch
to stone
to be tossed

Conjugation

Conjugation of torfian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	torfiġe	torfode
2nd singular	torfast	torfodest
3rd singular	torfaþ	torfode
Plural	torfiaþ	torfodon
Subjunctive
Singular	torfiġe	torfode
Plural	torfiġen	torfoden

Non-finite forms of torfian
	Form
Infinitive	torfian
Inflected infinitive	torfienne
Imperative singular	torfa
Imperative plural	torfiaþ
Present participle	torfiende
Past participle	torfod ġetorfod

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *turbōną, *turbijaną (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“to tie together, weave”). Related to Old English tearflian (“to turn, roll, wallow”), Alemannic German zirbeln (“to swirl, whirl, roll”), Icelandic tyrfa (“to cover with turf”).

Descendants

topsy-turvy, torve

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