þurfan

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to need
 * 2) to be obliged (to do something)

Usage notes

 * Þurfan is not used in the passive voice, i.e. to express that something "is/was needed", as it lacks an attested past participle. Instead, one would say that there "is/was need of it" using the related noun, along with the genitive of the thing needed, the dative of the one experiencing the need, and the verb "to be": Us wæs þīne þearf ("You were needed by us", or more literally, "To us, there was need of you").