behofian

Etymology
From ; compare.

Verb

 * 1) to have need of, need
 * 2) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
 * "ang"

- Sē rīċa and sē þearfa sind weġfērende on þisse weorolde. Sē rīċa birþ māre þonne hē behōfiġe tō his formetum, sē ōðer birþ ǣmtiġne pusan. For þȳ sċeal sē rīċa dǣlan his byrðenne wiþ þone þearfan: þonne wanaþ hē þā byrðenne his synna, and þām þearfan ġehilpþ.


 * 1) to be needful to, necessary