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 torfelling, simple past and past participle torfelled)

1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To fall; decine; pass away; die.

See also

• terfle

Anagrams

• Lefort, floret, forlet, lofter