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be-hóf

  • noun [ neuter ]
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be-hóf, es; n.
behoof, need, use
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  • ꝥ hé ǽnne scylling hæfde tó his ágenum behófe (nytte,v. l.)

    ut unum solidum in expensis propriis haberet,

      Gr. D. 158, 23.
  • Hé sende æfter pallium tó arꝥ. behóue (

    ad opus

    ),
      Chr. 780; P. 52, 14. ꝥ
need, want
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  • Tó behófe

    ad indigentiam,

      An. Ox. 27, 34.
  • Cf. Lk. p. 8, 18 where behófe glosses prodigi.
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v. níd-behóf.
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v.  -hóf.
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