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þearfa

  • adjective
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Grammar
þearfa, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
destitute of, needing (with gen.)
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the word is generally used substantively,
a needy, poor person
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Etymology
[Ego egenus et pauper sum, þet is: Ic em þarna and wrecche, O. E. Homl. i. 115, 8. Goth. þarba a poor person.]
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v. ofer-, weoruld-þearfa; þorfa.
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v.  EARM.
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  • þearfa, adj.