þora

See also: Þóra and Thora

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þora

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔːra

Verb

þora (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þorði, supine þorað)

  1. to dare

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurāną, of uncertain origin. Compare Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (to cross over, overcome, pass through), see also Sanskrit तरति (tarati, to overcome, surpass, contend).

Verb

þora (singular past indicative þorði, plural past indicative þorðu, past participle þoraðr)

  1. to dare, have the courage to do a thing

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þora
  • Faroese: tora
  • Norwegian:
  • Old Swedish: þora
  • Scanian: tøra, toras
  • Gutnish: tårsa, törsa

References

  • þora in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

  • þura, þøra; thoras (deponent verb)

Etymology

From Old Norse þora, of unknown origin.

Verb

þora

  1. to dare
  2. (auxiliary) may, can, to be possible

Conjugation

Descendants

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