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personal.
implying privation
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  • Beþur-fendra

    egentium,

    • Scinr. 108, 15
      • .
to need what will supply insufficiency, defect, what is beneficial
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  • Nánes þinges máran hé ne beþearf tfonne hé hæfþ,

    • Bt. 31, 1
      • ;
    • F. 122, 7
      • .

  • Sé þe micel inerfe ágan wile, hé beþearf micles fultumes, se ealda cwide is swíþe sóþ, ꝥte þá micles beþurfon þe micel ágan willaþ,

    • 14, 2
      • ;
    • F. 44, 10-13
      • .

  • Geleánað hé hit ús, þǽr wé betst beðurfon

    when it best serves our needs,

    • Wlfst. 41, 2
      • :
    • 56, 23
      • :
    • 111, 14
      • .

  • þá þe dǽdbóte ne beðurfon (sé ðe (ðá ðe, L. ) nebiðorfeð tó hreównise, R.)

    qui non indigent poenitentia,

    • Lk. 15, 7
      • .

  • Gif hé ǽniges fultumes beþorfte, ðonne næfde hé nó self genóg,

    • Bt. 35, 3
      • ;
    • F. 158, 17
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  • Getímode his wífe wyrs ðonne hé beþorfte

    his wife's condition was too bad to allow of his happiness,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 142, 3
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  • Hí nabbað þá láre þe hi beþorftan,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 328, 37
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  • Gif þú ǽgera beþurfe,

    • Techn. ii. 124, 1
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  • Gif þú taperas ( = es?) beþurfe,

    • 120, 16
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  • Gif he máran gærses beðyrfe,

    • Ll. Th. i. 434, 17
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  • Lege to ðám sáre þe man beþurfe

    apply it to the wound for which it is needed.

    • Lch. 322, 4
      • .

  • Ðeáh ðú heora nánes ne beþorfte,

    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • F. 128, 14
      • .
to need, be obliged, have cause or reason to do something
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  • Þonne beþurfon hí ꝥ hí óleccan þǽm,

    • Bt. 26, 2
      • ;
    • F. 92, 28
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  • Hý mishýrdan Gode swýþor þonne hý beþorftan

    (ought),

    • Wlfst. 13, 14
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  • Ne wé ælmessan dǽlað swá swá wé beðorftan,

    • 92, 10
      • .
impersonal
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  • Ðonne þé salteres beþurfe,

    • Techn. ii. 121, 7
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  • Gyf þé disces beþurfe,

    • 122, 25
      • :
    • 128, 1
      • .
[
O. Sax. O. L. Ger. bi-thurban
:
O. H. Ger. pi-durban.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-þurfan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40237.

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