- þearf
- need
The Old English to English . 2014.
þearf
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þearf — f ( e/ a) 1. need; 2. need for or of something, which is expressed (1) by a genitive (α) of a noun, or of a pronoun referring to a noun; him wæs manna þearf to him was a need of men; (β) of a pronoun that represents a clause; nis mé þæs nán þearf … Old to modern English dictionary
unþearf — adj needless, useless; in phrase unþearfe þing nequaquam in nowise, by no means, not at all; [unþearf] f ( e/ a) damage, disadvantage, hurt, harm, detriment, ruin … Old to modern English dictionary
feorhþearf — f ( e/ a) urgent need … Old to modern English dictionary
firenþearf — f ( e/ a) dire distress … Old to modern English dictionary
héahþearf — f ( e/ a) great need … Old to modern English dictionary
nearuþearf — f ( e/ a) dire need, pressing need … Old to modern English dictionary
níedbeþearf — adj necessary … Old to modern English dictionary
níedþearf — 1. f ( e/ a) need, necessity, compulsion, force; need, necessity, inevitableness; necessity, constraint; need (for something); a necessary thing, what a person needs; need, distress, trouble; want, thing needed; a necessary business; need, a… … Old to modern English dictionary
oferþearf — f ( e/ a) great need, extreme distress … Old to modern English dictionary
sáwolþearf — f ( e/ a) soul s need, what is necessary or needful for the soul … Old to modern English dictionary
