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tharf

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Unleavened.
  • To need; lack.

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  • adjective obsolete Unleavened.
  • verb transitive, intransitive, obsolete To need; lack.

Etymologies

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From Middle English therf, from Old English þeorf ("unleavened, fresh, skim"), from Proto-Germanic *þerbaz (“unleavened, simple”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terbh-, *(s)trebh- (“rigid, stiff, tight”). Cognate with Old Frisian therve, Middle Dutch derf, Middle High German derp, Icelandic þjarfur ("unleavened").

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From Middle English tharf (infinitive thurven; also thar, dar by confusion with forms of dare), from Old English þearf, first and third person singular indicative of þurfan ("to be in need, have need of, need to, be required to, be obliged to, owe"), from Proto-Germanic *þurfanan, *þurbanan, *þerbanan (“may, need to, be allowed to”), from Proto-Indo-European *terp-, *trep- (“to saturate, enjoy”). Cognate with Dutch durf ("(I) dare") (infinitive durven), German darf ("(I) must") (infinitive dürfen), Swedish tarva ("to require"), Icelandic þarf ("(I) need") (infinitive þurfa).

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Examples

  • The thar, tharf or thor cake also baked in the north of England – the word ‘thor’ is rooted in the Anglo-Saxon 'theorf' or 'tharf' meaning unleavened - is parkin by another name.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • The thar, tharf or thor cake also baked in the north of England – the word ‘thor’ is rooted in the Anglo-Saxon 'theorf' or 'tharf' meaning unleavened - is parkin by another name.

    Parkin (or Perkin or Tharf cake) 2007

  • Theorf/tharf cakes were made of oatmeal and water and cooked on the griddle, the ingredients were enlivened at feast times by the addition of spices and sweetening originally honey.

    Parkin (or Perkin or Tharf cake) 2007

  • Theorf/tharf cakes were made of oatmeal and water and cooked on the griddle, the ingredients were enlivened at feast times by the addition of spices and sweetening originally honey.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

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  • madmouth commented on the word tharf

    "dude, I totally tharf to barf"

    August 26, 2010