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hófian

(v.)
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to need Sé ðe lǽs hófad (behófað ?) dui minus indiget R. Ben. I. 64, 14. (?)

be-hófian

(v.)
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be-hófian, bi-hófian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To have need ofto needrequireegereindigereImpersonallyit BEHOVETHit concernsit is needful or necessaryoportetinterest

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To have need of, to need, require; egere, indigere. Impersonally, it BEHOVETH, it concerns, it is needful or necessary; oportet, interest Mycel wund behófaþ mycles lǽcedómes a great wound has need of a great remedy Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 40. He mægenes behófaþ

bi-hófian

(v.)
Grammar
bi-hófian, p. ode; pp. od

To have need of, to need, requireegere, indigere

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To have need of, to need, require; egere, indigere,Exon. 37 b; Th. 123, 33; Gú. 332

be-hófian

(v.)
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Dele: 'DER. a-behófian,' and add: absolute Ic swíðor ceorude þonne mín sáwul behófode, Angl. xi. 113, 40. Swá geornlíce ús gebiddan swá wé behófedon. Hml. Th. i. 156, 14. with gen. Ic myltse behófige, Hml. S. 3, 558. Gé mín behófiað, 376. Gehwæt þæs

hoferian

(v.)
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to be humpbacked Houeriendne (hoferiiendne, An. Ox. 3662) gibbum Hpt. Gl. 492, 40. Hoferedne cyppum (= gibbum Ald. 50, 21, the passage to which this and the preceding gloss belong), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 78

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a-hofyn

(v.; part.)
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a-hofyn, = a-hafen

elated

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elated,Ps. Spl. C. 130, 1;

be-hófen

(v.; part.)

suppliedprovidedornatus

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supplied, provided; ornatus Ðætt ealle Godes cyricean sýn wel behófene that all God's churches be well supplied or well provided [with all they have need of] L. Edm. E. 5; Lambd. 58, 7; Wilk. 73, 13

be-hófen

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Dele