tharf

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)f

From Middle English therf, from Old English þeorf (“unleavened, fresh, skim”), from Proto-Germanic *þerbaz (“unleavened, simple”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terbh-, *(s)trebh- (“rigid, stiff, tight”). Cognate with German derb (“rough, coarse, rude”), Old Frisian therve, Middle Dutch derf, Middle High German derp, Icelandic þjarfur (“unleavened”).

tharf (comparative more tharf, superlative most tharf)

1. (obsolete) Unleavened.
2. (obsolete) Stiff, unsocial, rough in manner.

   a tharf person

• tharf-cake
• tharcake
• tharfish

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

• darf

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)f

From Old English þearf, first and third person singular indicative of þurfan (“to be in need, have need of, need to, be required to, be obliged to, owe”), from Proto-Germanic *þurfaną, *þurbaną, *þerbaną (“may, need to, be allowed to”), from Proto-Indo-European *terp-, *trep- (“to saturate, enjoy”). Cognate with Dutch durf (“(I) dare”) (infinitive durven), German darf (“(I) am allowed to”) (infinitive dürfen), Swedish tarva (“to require”), Icelandic þarf (“(I) need”) (infinitive þurfa).

tharf

1. first and third person singular indicative of thurven

• English: thair
• Scots: thair

From Proto-Germanic *þarbō; cognate with Old English þearf, Old High German darba, Old Icelandic þörf, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰 (þarba). Compare thurvan.

• IPA^(key): /ðarf/

tharf f (genitive tharvo)

1. need, lack, necessity

• tharfag