"torfer" meaning in English

See torfer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: torfere [alternative]
Etymology: 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”, adj), from tor- (“hard, difficult”) + fara (“to go, pass”). More at tore, fare. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|torfer}} Middle English torfer, {{der|en|non|torfǽra|t=a difficult road or passage}} Old Norse torfǽra (“a difficult road or passage”), {{cog|is|torfæra|t=an obstacle; a difficult drive, a difficult route}} Icelandic torfæra (“an obstacle; a difficult drive, a difficult route”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} torfer (uncountable)
  1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Difficulty, trouble. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, uncountable

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "torfer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English torfer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "torfǽra",
        "t": "a difficult road or passage"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse torfǽra (“a difficult road or passage”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "torfæra",
        "t": "an obstacle; a difficult drive, a difficult route"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic torfæra (“an obstacle; a difficult drive, a difficult route”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”, adj), from tor- (“hard, difficult”) + fara (“to go, pass”). More at tore, fare.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "torfere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "torfer (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern England English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Difficulty, trouble."
      ],
      "id": "en-torfer-en-noun-3xep0PKk",
      "links": [
        [
          "Difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Difficulty, trouble."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland",
        "dialectal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "torfer"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "torfer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English torfer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "torfǽra",
        "t": "a difficult road or passage"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse torfǽra (“a difficult road or passage”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "torfæra",
        "t": "an obstacle; a difficult drive, a difficult route"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic torfæra (“an obstacle; a difficult drive, a difficult route”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”, adj), from tor- (“hard, difficult”) + fara (“to go, pass”). More at tore, fare.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "torfere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "torfer (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old Norse",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Northern England English",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Difficulty, trouble."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Difficulty, trouble."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland",
        "dialectal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "torfer"
}

Download raw JSONL data for torfer meaning in English (1.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.