Be-hóf
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - be-hóf
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- be-hóf
- n. I. behoof, need, use:--ꝥ hé ǽnne scylling hæfde tó his ágenum behófe (nytte, ) ut unum solidum in expensis propriis haberet, Gr. D. 158, 23. Hé sende æfter pallium tó arꝥ. UNCERTAIN behóue (ad opus), Chr. 780; P. 52, 14. ꝥ feoh syllan tó þæs cynges behófe, 1094; P. 229, 23. II. need, want:--Tó behófe ad indigentiam, An. Ox. 27, 34. Cf. Lk. p. 8, 18 where behófe glosses prodigi. v. níd-behóf. be-hof