þarfa

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to þǫrf (“need, necessity”) and þurfa (“to need”).

Verb

þarfa

(impersonal, ditransitive, with person dative and object accusative) to have one in want of
fekk svá mikinn fjárhlut sem honum þótti sér þarfa
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Conjugation

Conjugation of þarfa — active (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	þarfa
present participle	þarfandi
past participle	þarfaðr
1st-person singular	þarfa	þarfaða
2nd-person singular	þarfar	þarfaðir
3rd-person singular	þarfar	þarfaði
1st-person plural	þǫrfum	þǫrfuðum
2nd-person plural	þarfið	þǫrfuðuð
3rd-person plural	þarfa	þǫrfuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þarfa	þarfaða
2nd-person singular	þarfir	þarfaðir
3rd-person singular	þarfi	þarfaði
1st-person plural	þarfim	þarfaðim
2nd-person plural	þarfið	þarfaðið
3rd-person plural	þarfi	þarfaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þarfa
1st-person plural	þǫrfum
2nd-person plural	þarfið

Conjugation of þarfa — mediopassive (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	þarfask
present participle	þarfandisk
past participle	þarfazk
1st-person singular	þǫrfumk	þǫrfuðumk
2nd-person singular	þarfask	þarfaðisk
3rd-person singular	þarfask	þarfaðisk
1st-person plural	þǫrfumsk	þǫrfuðumsk
2nd-person plural	þarfizk	þǫrfuðuzk
3rd-person plural	þarfask	þǫrfuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þǫrfumk	þǫrfuðumk
2nd-person singular	þarfisk	þarfaðisk
3rd-person singular	þarfisk	þarfaðisk
1st-person plural	þarfimsk	þarfaðimsk
2nd-person plural	þarfizk	þarfaðizk
3rd-person plural	þarfisk	þarfaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þarfask
1st-person plural	þǫrfumsk
2nd-person plural	þarfizk

References

þarfa in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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