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tharf
▪ I. † tharf, n. Obs. Also 1 þearf, ðærf, 2 þerf, 3 (Orm.) þarrfe. [f. tharf v. Cf. OS. tharf, OHG. darba, ON. þǫrf.] Need, necessity.Beowulf 1798 Sele-þeᵹn..se for andrysnum ealle beweotede þeᵹnes þearfe. 735 Bæda Death-song 2 Thonc snotturra than him tharf sie. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 84 ᵹif þearf...
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Parkin (cake)
Though parkin and tharf cake appear to be synonymous, all parkins generally were sweet tharf cakes. Tharf cake
Parkin and tharf cake were used interchangeably in Lancashire and South Yorkshire until 1900.
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tharf-cake
tharf-cake Now dial. (ˈθɑːfkeɪk) Forms: 4 þerf, þerue cake, 6 therfe, tharffe, Sc. thraf, threfe cake, 7 tharck-cake, 7–9 tharcake. [f. tharf a. + cake n.] A cake of unleavened bread; now spec. a flat circular cake of oat-, rye-, or barley-meal, unleavened, and sometimes flavoured with butter and tr...
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thurte(þ-)
▪ I. thurst, -e obs. ff. thirst, dial. var. thrust.▪ II. thurst, -e, thurt(e(þ-) pa. tense of tharf v. Obs.
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therfling
† ˈtharfling, ˈtherfling Obs. rare. [OE. ðeorfling, f. ðeorf tharf a. + -ling.] Unleavened bread or loaf; also attrib. Unleavened.c 1050 Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 348/28 Azimos, ðeorflingas. c 1200 Ormin 1588 Forr þerrflinng bræd iss clene bræd, Forr þatt itt iss unnberrmedd.
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darf
darf var. of derf a. Obs., keen, and tharf v. Obs., to need.
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therste
▪ I. therst(e obs. form of thirst.▪ II. therst(e see dare v.1 A. 9, tharf v.
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