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be-hófian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
be-hófian, bi-hófian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a.
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
To have need of, to need, require; egere, indigere. Impersonally, it BEHOVETH, it concerns, it is needful or necessary; oportet, interest
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  • Mycel wund behófaþ mycles lǽcedómes

    a great wound has need of a great remedy

    • Bd. 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 599, 40.

  • He mægenes behófaþ gódra gúþrinca

    he requires strength of good warriors

    • Beo. Th. 5288
      • ;
    • B. 2647 : Exon. 98 a
      • ;
    • Th. 367, 1
      • ;
    • Seel. 1
      • .

  • Ðeáh ða scearpþanclan witan ðisse Engliscan geþeódnesse ne behófien

    though the sharp-minded wise men may not have need of this English translation

    • MS. Cot. Faust A. x. 150 b
      • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 440, 32.

  • Behófaþ

    oportet

    • Jn. Lind. War. 3, 7.
Derived forms
a-behófian
Linked entries
v.  a-behófian bi-hófian hófian be-héfe.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “be-hófian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/3521.

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