therf
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English þeorf, from Proto-West Germanic *þerb, from Proto-Germanic *þerbaz; akin to Old High German derb, Old Norse þjarfr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θɛrf/
Adjective
therf (plural and weak singular therve)
- Not fermented, unleavened.
- 1382–1395, John Wycliffe et al. (translators), Leviticus 2:4:
- Forsothe whanne thou offrist a sacrifice bakun in an ouene of whete flour, that is, loouys without sour dow, spreynd with oile, and therf breed sodun in watir, bawmed with oile; […]
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- 1382–1395, John Wycliffe et al. (translators), Leviticus 2:4:
References
- “therf, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “therf”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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