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þearf-líc

  • adjective
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Grammar
þearf-líc, adj.
necessary
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  • Lá hú þearflíc hit is

    quanto magis,

    • Hpt. Gl. 454, 6
    • .
  • Néd ł ðarflíc is

    necesse esse,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 7
    • .
  • Ðarflíc ł néd is

    necessarium est,

    • p. 13, 1
    • .
useful, profitable,
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v. þearf, V
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  • Behóflíc ł ðarflíc

    utile,

    • Mt. Kmbl. p. 13, 6
    • .
  • Hér is hálwendlíc lár and ðearflíc lǽwedum mannum,

    • Wulfst. 134, 9
    • .
  • Ðæt is þearflíc gewuna,

    • 104
    • ;
    • 17: 108, 19
    • :
    • L. Ath. v. 8, 9
    • ;
    • Th. i. 238, 18
    • .
  • On gódum lǽce biþ gelang þearflíc broces bót,

    • L. Pen. 9
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 280, 13
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  • Ðæt him ðearflíc nǽre, ðæt hé ðǽs hálgan hǽse forhule his hláforde

    that it would not be well for him to conceal the saint's bidding from his lord,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 21, 80
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  • On gódan þeáwan and on þearflícan dǽdan,

    • Wulfst. 121, 2
    • .
  • Sélre ús is and ðearflícre, ðæt wé úre gyltas andetton,

    • 136, 1
    • .
  • Ðarflícro (ðaroflícra, Rush.) is

    utilius est,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 17, 2
    • .
  • Swá swá him þincæ ðæt mǽ þearfliicustþ sí,

    • Chart. Th. 554, 36
    • .
Etymology
Icel. þarf-ligr useful
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v. beþearf-líc, nídþearf-líc.
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v.  þearf.
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  • þearf-líc, adj.