Be-þearfaþ
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - be-þearfaþ
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- be-þearfaþ
- he needs, wants; opus habet :-- Hwæt helpeþ vel beþearfeþ [MS. beþearfaþ] menn what does it help to a man or what needs a man [of what use is it to a man]? quid prodest homini? Mt. Rush. St