tharen

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English þurfan, from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną. The vocalism in -a- is due to leveling from the present singular forms, while the loss of -f/-v- is probably due to simplification of the consonant cluster in forms like thurfte → thurte, which then analogically spread to forms lacking a cluster. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈθaːrən/, /ˈθarən/ ==== Verb ==== tharen (auxiliary) To need to, to be required to To need, to require, to necessitate. (auxiliary) To have to, to be obligated to, to ought to (auxiliary) To be capable of, to be willing to ===== Usage notes ===== This verb is frequently conflated with durren due to its similarity with that verb. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle Scots: thar Scots: thair ===== References ===== “thurven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 March 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronoun ==== tharen alternative form of þeiren