Þarfna

Old Icelandic Dictionary - þarfna

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "þarfna" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

þarfna Old Icelandic word can mean:

þarfna
(að), v. to be needful, necessary;
þarfna
refl., ~st, to lack, want, be without, with acc. (svá at vit þarfnimst eigi alla góða hluti).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛅᚱᚠᚾᛅ

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.

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