To need; to be bound or obligated to do something.
Origin
From Middle English ther, thar, tharr, tharf, from Old English þearf, from Proto-Germanic *þarf, first and third person singular form of Proto-Germanic *þurbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *terp-. Cognate with Dutch durf, German darf, Norwegian tarv, Icelandic þarf.
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