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torfel

torfel verb: to fall; decine; pass away; die.

Verb

torfel (third-person singular simple present torfels, present participle torfelling, simple past and past participle torfelled)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) To fall; decine; pass away; die.

Forms of torfel

third-person singular presenttorfels
present participletorfelling
past participletorfelled
pasttorfelled
alternative formtorfle

Origin of torfel

Origin obscure. Perhaps a variant of terfle or a variant of Middle English torfer (“hardship, harm, injury”). More at torfer.

Questions about torfel

What does torfel mean?
Torfel means to fall; decine; pass away; die.
What part of speech is torfel?
Torfel is a verb.
What is the past tense of torfel?
The past tense of torfel is torfelled.

Words near torfel in the dictionary

  1. Toreva
  2. Torevell
  3. Torey
  4. torezolid
  5. Torfaen
  6. torfel
  7. torfels
  8. torfer
  9. torfere
  10. TORFL
  11. TORFLs

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