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	present	past
1st-person singular	þori	þorða
2nd-person singular	þorir	þorðir
3rd-person singular	þorir	þorði
1st-person plural	þorum	þorðum
2nd-person plural	þorið	þorðuð
3rd-person plural	þora	þorðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þora	þørða
2nd-person singular	þorir	þørðir
3rd-person singular	þori	þørði
1st-person plural	þorim	þørðim
2nd-person plural	þorið	þørðið
3rd-person plural	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	present	past
1st-person singular	þorumk	þorðumk
2nd-person singular	þorisk	þorðisk
3rd-person singular	þorisk	þorðisk
1st-person plural	þorumsk	þorðumsk
2nd-person plural	þorizk	þorðuzk
3rd-person plural	þorask	þorðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þorumk	þørðumk
2nd-person singular	þorisk	þørðisk
3rd-person singular	þorisk	þørðisk
1st-person plural	þorimsk	þørðimsk
2nd-person plural	þorizk	þørðizk
3rd-person plural	þorisk	þørðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þorsk
1st-person plural	þorumsk
2nd-person plural	þorizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: þora
• Faroese: tora
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tore, tørre
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tora, tore
• Old Swedish: þora
  • Swedish: töras, torde
• Scanian: tøra, toras
• Gutnish: tårsa, törsa

References

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

• Swedish: töras