"torfian" meaning in Old English

See torfian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈtor.fi.ɑn/, [ˈtorˠ.vi.ɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *turbōną, *turbijaną (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“to tie together, weave”). Related to Old English tearflian (“to turn, roll, wallow”), Alemannic German zirbeln (“to swirl, whirl, roll”), Icelandic tyrfa (“to cover with turf”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*turbōną}} Proto-Germanic *turbōną, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*derbʰ-||to tie together, weave}} Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“to tie together, weave”), {{cog|ang|tearflian||to turn, roll, wallow}} Old English tearflian (“to turn, roll, wallow”), {{cog|gsw|zirbeln||to swirl, whirl, roll}} Alemannic German zirbeln (“to swirl, whirl, roll”) Head templates: {{ang-verb}} torfian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|torfian<w2>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], torfian [infinitive], torfienne [infinitive], torfiġe [first-person, present, singular], torfode [first-person, past, singular], torfast [present, second-person, singular], torfodest [past, second-person, singular], torfaþ [present, singular, third-person], torfode [past, singular, third-person], torfiaþ [plural, present], torfodon [past, plural], torfiġe [present, singular], torfode [past, singular], torfiġen [plural, present], torfoden [past, plural], torfa [imperative, past, present, singular], torfiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], torfiende [imperative, present], torfod [imperative, past], ġetorfod [imperative, past]
  1. to throw, shoot missiles at, launch
    Sense id: en-torfian-ang-verb-Wa83gBSI
  2. to stone
    Sense id: en-torfian-ang-verb-6awfLXbS
  3. to be tossed
    Sense id: en-torfian-ang-verb-Yc~buq37 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 39 6 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 7 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 5 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: atorfian (english: to throw forth), oftorfian (english: to stone to death), tōtorfian (english: to fling in different directions), ġetorfian (english: to stone) Related terms: turf

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to throw forth",
      "word": "atorfian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to stone to death",
      "word": "oftorfian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to fling in different directions",
      "word": "tōtorfian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to stone",
      "word": "ġetorfian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "torvien",
            "3": "torven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: torvien, torven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: torvien, torven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "topsy-turvy",
            "3": "torve"
          },
          "expansion": "English: topsy-turvy, torve",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: topsy-turvy, torve (totorve)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*turbōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *turbōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*derbʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to tie together, weave"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“to tie together, weave”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "tearflian",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to turn, roll, wallow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tearflian (“to turn, roll, wallow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "zirbeln",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to swirl, whirl, roll"
      },
      "expansion": "Alemannic German zirbeln (“to swirl, whirl, roll”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *turbōną, *turbijaną (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“to tie together, weave”). Related to Old English tearflian (“to turn, roll, wallow”), Alemannic German zirbeln (“to swirl, whirl, roll”), Icelandic tyrfa (“to cover with turf”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetorfod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "torfian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "torfian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "turf"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to throw, shoot missiles at, launch"
      ],
      "id": "en-torfian-ang-verb-Wa83gBSI",
      "links": [
        [
          "throw",
          "throw"
        ],
        [
          "launch",
          "launch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to stone"
      ],
      "id": "en-torfian-ang-verb-6awfLXbS",
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 6 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 7 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 5 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be tossed"
      ],
      "id": "en-torfian-ang-verb-Yc~buq37"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtor.fi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtorˠ.vi.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "torfian"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to throw forth",
      "word": "atorfian"
    },
    {
      "english": "to stone to death",
      "word": "oftorfian"
    },
    {
      "english": "to fling in different directions",
      "word": "tōtorfian"
    },
    {
      "english": "to stone",
      "word": "ġetorfian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "torvien",
            "3": "torven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: torvien, torven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: torvien, torven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "topsy-turvy",
            "3": "torve"
          },
          "expansion": "English: topsy-turvy, torve",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: topsy-turvy, torve (totorve)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*turbōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *turbōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*derbʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to tie together, weave"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“to tie together, weave”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "tearflian",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to turn, roll, wallow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tearflian (“to turn, roll, wallow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "zirbeln",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to swirl, whirl, roll"
      },
      "expansion": "Alemannic German zirbeln (“to swirl, whirl, roll”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *turbōną, *turbijaną (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“to tie together, weave”). Related to Old English tearflian (“to turn, roll, wallow”), Alemannic German zirbeln (“to swirl, whirl, roll”), Icelandic tyrfa (“to cover with turf”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torfod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetorfod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "torfian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "torfian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "turf"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to throw, shoot missiles at, launch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "throw",
          "throw"
        ],
        [
          "launch",
          "launch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to stone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be tossed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtor.fi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtorˠ.vi.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "torfian"
}

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