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þearf-líc

  • adjective
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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, 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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Bosworth, Joseph. “þearf-líc.” 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/31572.

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