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tor-

tor-

See also: tor, Tor, TOR, tör, tőr, -tor, and Appendix:Variations of "tor"

Faroese

Prefix

tor-

  1. with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Faroese_words_prefixed_with_tor-'>Faroese words prefixed with tor-</a>

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tor- (hard, difficult, wrong, bad, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (hard, difficult, wrong, bad), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (bad, ill, difficult), from Proto-Indo-European *dēwǝ- (to fail, be behind, be lacking).

Cognate with Faroese tor- (prefix), Norwegian Nynorsk tor- (prefix) and Swedish dialect tor- (prefix),[1]Old English tor- (prefix) and (prefix)[1] (whence Middle English tor, tore (prefix), toor (prefix), whence English tore (hard, difficult, wearisome, tedious; strong, sturdy, great, massive; full, rich) and torfer), Old High German zur- (mis-, prefix),[1] and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, hard, difficult, prefix).[1]

Confer Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, bad, ill, difficult, prefix)[1] and the English dys- (prefix).

Alternative forms

  • (archaic) tyr-[1]

Prefix

tor-

  1. with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard

Derived terms

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  • torfenginn
  • torfær
  • torfæra
  • torkennilegur
  • torlæsi
  • tormeltur
  • tormerki
  • tornæmistími (refractory period)
  • tornæmur (feebleminded)
  • tornæmi (feeblemindedness)
  • torráðinn
  • torskilinn
  • torsóttur
  • tortryggilegur
  • tortrygginn
  • tortryggja
  • tortryggni
  • torvelda
  • torveldur

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Page 785 of the Íslensk orðsifjabók (Book of Icelandic Etymology). Publisher: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi (Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies), first print 1989 (ISBN 978-9979-654-01-8)