Þorfa

According to the Old English Dictionary:

þorfa

adj. Destitute, poor; used as a substantive, a needy person :-- Of ðorfum de egenis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 6. [Icel. þurfi or þurfa wanting, in need of. Cf. Goth. ga-þaurbs continens.] Cf. þearfa. þorfa