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Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þurban, from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną.
Verb
thurvan
- to need
- to be required
- may, to be allowed to
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Descendants
Further reading
- “thurvan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þurban, from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *terp-.
Pronunciation
Verb
thurvan
- to need, to be allowed (to do something)
- 9th c. Heliand, verse 178:
uundrodun alla bihuuî he thar sô lango frâon sînun thionon thorfti- they all wondered who he should need for so long to serve his Lords
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