torfel
English
Alternative forms
- torfle (Scottish)
Etymology
Origin obscure. Perhaps a variant of terfle or a variant of Middle English torfer (“hardship, harm, injury”). More at torfer.
Verb
torfel (third-person singular simple present torfels, present participle torfeling, simple past and past participle torfeled)
- (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To fall; decine; pass away; die.
See also
- terfle
Anagrams
- Lefort, floret, forlet, lofter