torp

== English == === Noun === torp (plural torps) (informal) Abbreviation of torpedo. (Australian rules football, informal) A torpedo punt. ==== Alternative forms ==== (torpedo): torp. === Anagrams === -trop-, PORT, Port, Port., Prot., port, prot-, trop, trop-, trop. == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also German Dorf, German Low German Dörp, Dorp, Daarp, Dutch dorp and English thorp. === Noun === torp c (singular definite torpen or torpet, plural indefinite torper) (most commonly) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements. A solitary group of farms, distant from other settlements. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also German Dorf, German Low German Dörp, Dorp, Daarp and Dutch dorp. === Noun === torp n (definite singular torpet, indefinite plural torp, definite plural torpa or torpene) (most common) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements. (optional) A solitary group of farms, distant from other settlements. (optional before 1960s) A solitary farm without owned land, renting land from a larger farm nearby. ==== Derived terms ==== torper === See also === husmannsplass småbruk === References === “torp” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse þorp. === Noun === torp n (definite singular torpet, indefinite plural torp, definite plural torpa) (most common) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements. (optional) A solitary group of farms, distant from other settlements. (optional before 1960s) A solitary farm without owned land, renting land from a larger farm nearby. ==== Derived terms ==== torpar === See also === husmannsplass småbruk === References === “torp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also with German Dorf and Dutch dorp. === Noun === torp n (before 16th century) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements. (16th century) Officially defined as a very small farm. (17th century to early 20th century) A farm, rented from a larger land owner, where the rent was paid through work on the owner's land (dagsverken); a croft (after the 1940's) A small cottage in the countryside. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: torppa === References === torp in Svensk ordbok (SO) torp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) torp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) torp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === port, port.