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English
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.
Noun
torfer (uncountable)
- (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Difficulty, trouble.