thurvan

From Proto-West Germanic *þurban, from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną.

thurvan

1. to need
2. to be required
3. may, to be allowed to

• Middle Dutch: dorven
  • Dutch: durven (conflated in meaning with dorren)
    • Afrikaans: durf
    • Javindo: durref
    • Negerhollands: derv, dėfo
    • → Papiamentu: dùrf
  • Limburgish: dörve

• “thurvan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• thurƀan

From Proto-West Germanic *þurban, from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *terp-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθurfɑn/, [ˈθurβɑn]

thurvan

1. to need
   • 9th c. Heliand, verse 178:

     uundrodun alla bihuuî he thar sô lango frâon sînun thionon thorfti

     they all wondered who he should need for so long to serve his Lord

   • 9th c. Heliand, verse 1923-1924

     thea ni thurƀun mid wordun sō filu hrōpan te helpu

     they do not need with so many words to call for help

• bithurvan

• Middle Low German: dürven, dörven, dröven
  • Low German: dürven, dörven, dröven, dröffen