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torfer

torfer

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

torfer ‎(comparative more torfer, superlative most torfer)

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

Etymology

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

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