þarfr

== Old Norse == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þarbaz, related to þǫrf (“need, necessity”) and þurfa (“to need”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐍃 (þarbs, “necessary; needy”). === Adjective === þarfr useful, beneficial ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== óþarfr (“harmful, destructive”) === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þarfr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 508; also available at the Internet Archive