þearf

== Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θæ͜ɑrf/, [θæ͜ɑrˠf] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *þarbu. ==== Noun ==== þearf f need (+ genitive = "for" something) hardship, privation ===== Declension ===== Strong ō-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== firenþearf (“dire hardship”) sāwolþearf ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: thearf, therf === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== þearf first/third-person singular present of þurfan