Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-hóf-líc

Definitions

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1 be-hóf-líc

adj. Behoveful, needful; necessarius :-- Ðæt his líf him behóflíc wǽre quia necessaria sibi esset vita ipsius, Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, note 3. Behóflíc is is necessary, Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 3. be-hoflic,be-hof-lic

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚻᚩᚠ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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