þarfa

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

þarfa

1. (impersonal, ditransitive, with person dative and object accusative) to have one in want of

   fekk svá mikinn fjárhlut sem honum þótti sér þarfa

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Conjugation

Conjugation of þarfa — impersonal, active (weak class 2)

infinitive	þarfa
past participle	þarfaðr
indicative	present	past
3rd-person singular	þarfar	þarfaði
subjunctive	present	past
3rd-person singular	þarfi	þarfaði

References

• þarfa in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.