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torfer.

Difficulty, trouble.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Difficulty, trouble.

    Northern-England · Scotland · dialectal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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”, adjective), from tor- (“hard, difficult”) + fara (“to go, pass”). More at tore, fare.

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