"torfel" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: torfels [present, singular, third-person], torfeling [participle, present], torfeled [participle, past], torfeled [past]
Etymology: Origin obscure. Perhaps a variant of terfle or a variant of Middle English torfer (“hardship, harm, injury”). More at torfer. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=obscure}} obscure, {{m|en|terfle}} terfle, {{inh|en|enm|torfer||hardship, harm, injury}} Middle English torfer (“hardship, harm, injury”), {{l|en|torfer}} torfer Head templates: {{en-verb}} torfel (third-person singular simple present torfels, present participle torfeling, simple past and past participle torfeled)
  1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To fall; decine; pass away; die. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal Synonyms: torfle [Scottish] Related terms: terfle
    Sense id: en-torfel-en-verb-sdah-kDb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Northern England English, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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