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1. therf adj.

24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Unleavened, without leavening; also, fig. uncontaminated; (b) made with unleavened dough; therf bred; also fig.; therf cake; therf lof [OE þeorf-hlāf]; therf mete;—used fig.; (c) feste

2. tharf n.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A need; what is required or wanted; wants or needs; ?also, poverty, indigence [last quot.]; haven tharf to, to need (sth.); (b) in phrase: to tharf, for the benefit or good of (sb., a person's…

3. nẹ̄d-tharf adj.

Additional spellings: nedtharf
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Necessary, needful.

4. thurven v.

172 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) Of a candle: to be necessary (for sb.), be needed, avail; (b) impers. hit thare, used parenthetically: it is necessary; (c) ?impers. thurte, he experienced (no lack of knights at his disposal).