þurft

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurftiz, itself from *þurbaną (“to need”) +‎ *-þiz.

Noun

þurft f (genitive þurftar, plural þurftir)

1. need, want, necessity
2. necessary discharge; (esp.) urine

Declension

  Declension of þurft (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þurft	þurftin	þurftir	þurftirnar
accusative	þurft	þurftina	þurftir	þurftirnar
dative	þurft	þurftinni	þurftum	þurftunum
genitive	þurftar	þurftarinnar	þurfta	þurftanna

Derived terms

• þurftugr (“in need; poor”)
• þurftuligr (“useful, profitable”)

Related terms

• þurfa (“to need”)
• þǫrf (“need, necessity”)

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: turft
• Swedish: torft

References

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