torfian

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *turbōną, *turbijaną (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“to tie together, weave”). Related to Old English tearflian (“to turn, roll, wallow”), Alemannic German zirbeln (“to swirl, whirl, roll”), Icelandic tyrfa (“to cover with turf”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtor.fi.ɑn/, [ˈtorˠ.vi.ɑn] === Verb === torfian to throw, shoot missiles at, launch to stone to be tossed ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== turf ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: torvien, torven English: topsy-turvy, torve (totorve) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “torfian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.