Be-héflic

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-héflic

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 be-héflic

adj. Useful, needful, necessary:--Ús þingð wel behéflic thorn-bar; wé hine gehandlion, Angl. viii. 308, 15. Hé ys behéflic tó cunnane, 314, 18. be-heflic

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚻᛖᚠᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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