þora

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See also: Þóra and Thora

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þora.

Pronunciation

Verb

þora (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þorði, supine þorað)

  1. to dare

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurāną, of uncertain origin. Compare Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to cross over, overcome, pass through”), see also Sanskrit तरति (tarati, “to overcome, surpass, contend”).

Verb

þora (singular past indicative þorði, plural past indicative þorðu, past participle þoraðr)

  1. to dare, have the courage to do a thing

Conjugation

Conjugation of þora — active (weak class 3)
infinitive þora
present participle þorandi
past participle þorar
indicative present past
1st-person singular þori þorða
2nd-person singular þorir þorðir
3rd-person singular þorir þorði
1st-person plural þorum þorðum
2nd-person plural þorið þorðuð
3rd-person plural þora þorðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular þora þørða
2nd-person singular þorir þørðir
3rd-person singular þori þørði
1st-person plural þorim þørðim
2nd-person plural þorið þørðið
3rd-person plural þori þørði
imperative present
2nd-person singular þor
1st-person plural þorum
2nd-person plural þorið
Conjugation of þora — mediopassive (weak class 3)
infinitive þorask
present participle þorandisk
past participle þorazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular þorumk þorðumk
2nd-person singular þorisk þorðisk
3rd-person singular þorisk þorðisk
1st-person plural þorumsk þorðumsk
2nd-person plural þorizk þorðuzk
3rd-person plural þorask þorðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular þorumk þørðumk
2nd-person singular þorisk þørðisk
3rd-person singular þorisk þørðisk
1st-person plural þorimsk þørðimsk
2nd-person plural þorizk þørðizk
3rd-person plural þorisk þørðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular þorsk
1st-person plural þorumsk
2nd-person plural þorizk

Descendants

References

  • þora in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse þora, of unknown origin.

Verb

þora

  1. to dare
  2. (auxiliary) may, can, to be possible

Conjugation

Conjugation of þora (weak)
present past
infinitive þora —
participle þorandi, -e þor(i)t (ntr.)
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk þor, þør þori, -e — þorþi, -e þorþi, -e
þū þor, þør þori, -e þor þorþi, -e þorþi, -e
han þor, þør þori, -e — þorþi, -e þorþi, -e
vīr þorum, -om þorum, -om þorum, -om þorþum, -om þorþum, -om
īr þorin þorin þorin þorþin þorþin
þēr þora þorin — þorþu, -om þorþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk — — — — —
þū — — — — —
han — — — — —
vīr — — — — —
īr — — — — —
þēr — — — — —

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