þearfian

Old English Dictionary Entry

þearfian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: be-þearfaþ, ge-þearfian; þearfan. þearfian

Definitions

1 þearfian

p. ode To be in need :-- Hé þearfigendra sáwla gehǽleþ animas pauperum salvos faciet, Ps. Th. 71, 13. [Icel. þarfa; p. parfaði.]

Runic Inscription

ᚦᛠᚱᚠᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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