; adj. I. necessary :-- Lá hú þearflíc hit is
quanto magis, Hpt. Gl. 454, 6. Néd ł ðarflíc is
necesse esse, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 7. Ðarflíc ł néd is
necessarium est, p. 13, 1.
II. useful, profitable, v.
þearf, V :-- Behóflíc ł ðarflíc
utile, Mt. Kmbl. p. 13, 6. Hér is hálwendlíc lár and ðearflíc lǽwedum mannum, Wulfst. 134, 9. Ðæt is þearflíc gewuna, 104; 17: 108, 19: L. Ath. v. 8, 9; Th. i. 238, 18. On gódum lǽce biþ gelang þearflíc broces bót, L. Pen. 9; Th. ii. 280, 13.