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be-þearfaþ

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he needs, wants; opus habet
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  • Hwæt helpeþ

    vel beþearfeþ [MS. beþearfaþ] menn what does it help to a man or what needs a man [of what use is it to a man]?

    quid prodest homini?
      Mt. Rush. Stv. 16, 26.
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v. þearfan, þurfan, be-þurfan.
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v.  þearfian.
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