þörf
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þǫrf, from Proto-Germanic *þarbō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θœrv/
- Rhymes: -œrv
Noun
þörf f (genitive singular þarfar, nominative plural þarfir)
- need, necessity
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)
- Elds er þörf
- þeim er inn er kominn
- og á kné kalinn.
- Matar og voða
- er manni þörf,
- þeim er hefir um fjall farið.
- Fire he needs
- who with frozen knees
- Has come from the cold without;
- Food and clothes
- must the farer have,
- The man from the mountains come.
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)
Declension
declension of þörf
f-s2 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | þörf | þörfin | þarfir | þarfirnar |
accusative | þörf | þörfina | þarfir | þarfirnar |
dative | þörf | þörfinni | þörfum | þörfunum |
genitive | þarfar | þarfarinnar | þarfa | þarfanna |
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