torv

From Old Norse torg, maybe from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ, “marketplace”).

• IPA^(key): /tɒːˀv/, [t͡s̺ʰɒ̝ˑˀw]

torv n (singular definite torvet, plural indefinite torve)

1. square (open space in a town)
2. market, marketplace

• “torv” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse torf, from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“turf, lawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dorbh- (“tuft, grass”).

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔɹv/

torv n (genitive singular torvs, uncountable)

1. peat, turf

• skera torv - to cut peat

• blað
• grein
• leyv

 

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

torv

Wikipedia ^no

From Old Norse torf, from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“turf, lawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dorbh- (“tuft, grass”).

torv m (definite singular torven, indefinite plural torver, definite plural torvene)
torv n (definite singular torvet, indefinite plural torv, definite plural torva or torvene)

1. peat, turf

• torvmyr

 

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

torg

Wikipedia ^no

From Old Norse torg, probably via Danish torv; perhaps from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ, “marketplace”).

torv n (definite singular torvet, indefinite plural torv, definite plural torva or torvene)

1. alternative form of torg

• “torv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /tɔrʋ/

From Old Norse þǫrf (“need”). Cognate with Old English þearf, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰 (þarba) and Icelandic þörf. Doublet of tarv.

torv f (definite singular torva, indefinite plural torver, definite plural torvene)

1. need, want

 

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

torv

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Old Norse torf. Akin to English turf.

torv f (definite singular torva, indefinite plural torver, definite plural torvene)
torv n (definite singular torvet, indefinite plural torv, definite plural torva)

1. peat, turf

• torvmyr

• “torv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

 

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

torv

Wikipedia ^sv

From Old Swedish torf, törf, from Old Norse torf, from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“turf, lawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dorbh- (“tuft, grass”).

torv c

1. peat
2. turf

• torv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• torv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• torv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Proto-Finnic *torvi, borrowed from Baltic. Cognates include Finnish torvi.

torv

1. horn (instrument for making a sound)