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torfer

torfer noun: difficulty, trouble.

Noun

torfer (uncountable)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) Difficulty, trouble.

Forms of torfer

alternative formtorfere

Origin of torfer

From Middle English torfer, torfere, torfayr, a borrowing from Old Norse torfǽra (“a difficult road or passage”) whence the Icelandic torfæra (“an obstacle; a difficult drive, a difficult route”) and torfær (“of a path: difficult to negotiate”), torfǽrr (“hard to pass”, adjective), from tor- (“hard, difficult”) + fara (“to go, pass”). More at tore, fare.

Questions about torfer

What does torfer mean?
Torfer means difficulty, trouble.
What part of speech is torfer?
Torfer is a noun.

Words near torfer in the dictionary

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

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