therf

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tharf, tharfe, therfe, þarf, þerf, þerfe
• þeorrf (Ormulum)

Etymology

From Old English þeorf, from Proto-West Germanic *þerb, from Proto-Germanic *þerbaz; akin to Old High German derb, Old Norse þjarfr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɛrf/

Adjective

therf (plural and weak singular therve)

1. Not fermented, unleavened.
   • 1382–1395, John Wycliffe et al. (translators), Leviticus 2:4:

     Forsothe whanne thou offrist a sacrifice bakun in an ouene of whete flour, that is, loouys without sour dow, spreynd with oile, and therf breed sodun in watir, bawmed with oile; […]

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Descendants

• English: tharf (obsolete)
• Scots: tharf, therf

References

• “therf, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “therf”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.