therf

Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. 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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Descendants

  • English: tharf (obsolete)
  • Scots: tharf, therf

References

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