þearfian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þarbēn, from Proto-Germanic *þarbāną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθæ͜ɑr.fi.ɑn/, [ˈθæ͜ɑrˠ.vi.ɑn]

Verb

þearfian

1. to be in need

Conjugation

Conjugation of þearfian (weak class 2)

infinitive	þearfian	þearfienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	þearfiġe	þearfode
second person singular	þearfast	þearfodest
third person singular	þearfaþ	þearfode
plural	þearfiaþ	þearfodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	þearfiġe	þearfode
plural	þearfiġen	þearfoden
imperative
singular	þearfa
plural	þearfiaþ
participle	present	past
	þearfiende	(ġe)þearfod

Related terms

• þearf
• þurfan

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þearfian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.