torfel

English

Alternative forms
  • torfle (Scottish)

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps a variant of terfle or a variant of Middle English torfer (“hardship, harm, injury”). More at torfer.

Verb

torfel (third-person singular simple present torfels, present participle torfeling, simple past and past participle torfeled)

  1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To fall; decine; pass away; die.

See also
  • terfle

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