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  • On ðǽm ðingum ðe him ðearf sié,

      C.D. i. 316, 12.

  • Ic þæs horses þearfe nabbe

    ego caballo opus non habeo,

      Gr. D. 15, 26.
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  • Wæs him þearf ꝥ him mon hors funde

    cui necesse fuit ut equus requiri debuisset,

      Gr. D. 183, 2.
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  • Þá sceoldon on siml beón winnende þǽr hit þonne þearf wæs. Ors. 6,

      23; S. 274, 20.
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  • Gif þú wille mé hwylce þearfe gegearwian

    si mihi praestare vis,

      Gr. D. 343, 27.
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  • On þisum þrím stelum stynt se cynestól, and gif án bið forud, hé fylð ádún sóna þám óðrum stelum tó þearfe,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 29.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þearf.” 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/59405.

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