Please note that the lexical concordance has not been reviewed and should not be referenced as a definitive and accurate concordance to the poetic corpus. Dates in particular may be taken from earlier editions and should be checked.
ONP: þǫrf, "þerf" sb. f....vas eng þǫrf þeirar kerski ... ‘...was no need for this impertinence ...’
963...orka til þarfar arfa Geirs. ... ‘...was acting for the benefit of Geirr’s heir. ...’
978[8] †fꜹrf†: ‘þorf’ F
986...síðan lítilþǫrf at líta ... ‘...are of little use to me in ...’
1006Vasat þǫrf at binda ... ‘There was no need to bind ...’
1007...þýðr at þǫrf þinni nôtt ... ‘...to your needs night and ...’
1019...mun lǫng þǫrf gengis; ek ... ‘...will have a long-lasting need for a following; I ...’
1026[4] til: þǫrf 73aˣ, papp4ˣ, Flat
Flat Þer fengut fe f | æra flím er oft kuedít grime mer ok myklu fleira mæringr en þorf væri hann | hefir hundz verk unnít huinn getr slígt edr minna mætr en ek menzsku bætt | ag mína gramr ok þína·
73a Þer fengut fée flœíra · | flím er opt kueðit grimí · | dyʀ ok miklu mœira · | mœríngr en þo᷎rf vęrí : | hann hefur hundz verk vnnít · | huínn getr slikt at wínna · | mœtt enn ek mennzku bœtta · | mína gramr ok þína · |
papp4 þier | fengud fie fleira , flijm er opt kuedit ɢrijmj mier ok micklu | meira ᴍæringvr enn þorf være hann hefvr hunndz verk vnnid | huinn getur slijkt edvr minnj mætur enn eg mennsku bætta , mijn | a gramvr ok þijna .
Esa þǫrf stǫllurum stillis ... ‘There is no need for the lord’s marshals ...’
1066...þás vas þarfi gunndjarfra ... ‘...when he was in need of battle-bold ...’
1160...fár hyggr þörf þegjanda. ‘...few consider the need of the one who is silent.’
1255...nema geraz þarfir þess; opt ... ‘...intelligence, unless need of it arises; ...’
1258...sem er þörf. Öll drótt ... ‘...has a need. All people ...’
1325...móðir, mína þörf og pínu; ... ‘...mother, my need and anguish; ...’
1386...óttu varat þörf at frýja ... ‘...daybreak there was no cause to reproach ...’
?notes...láki; era þǫrf at segja ... ‘...lákr; there is no need to relate ...’
?...vinna til þarfa? Við erum ... ‘...do for our sustenance? We have ...’
?notes...sæi mér þarfir þess verks, ... ‘...saw need for such an action ...’
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