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be-þurfan

  • verb [ preterite-present ]
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be-þurfan, bi-þurfan, ic, he -þearf, ðú -þearft, pl. -þurfon; p. -þorfte, pl. -þorfton; subj. -þurfe, pl. -þurfen; p. -þorfte, pl. -þorften; gen. or acc. or v. n.
To need, have need, want, to be in want, to require; opus habere, egere, indigere
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  • Wísdómes beþearf

    he requires wisdom,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1082; El. 543.
  • Ic árna biþearf

    I need mercy,

      Exon. 76 a; Th. 285, 17;. Jul. 715 : Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 48.
  • Góda mínra ðú ne beþearft

    bonorum meorum non eges,

      Ps. Spl. 15, 1.
  • Ge beþurfon

    indigetis,

      Mt. Bos. 6, 32.
  • We bicgaþ ða þing ðe we beþurfon

    ememus necessaria,

      Gen. 43, 4, 8.
  • Máre ðonne he beþurfe

    more than he has need of,

      Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 21.
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v.  bi-þurfan þurfan.
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