torp

Pronunciation: /tɔrːp/

“torp” is a Swedish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

A solitary farm, distant from other settlements.
Officially defined as a very small farm.
A farm, rented from a larger land owner, where the rent was paid through work on the owner's land (dagsverken); a croft
A small cottage in the countryside.

From Old Norse þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also with German Dorf and Dutch dorp.

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