behove

Etymology
From, , from , from , ultimately from. The word is cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, obsolete 🇨🇬 (cf. ), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To befit, to suit.
 * 2)  To be necessary for (someone).
 * 3)  To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
 * 4)  To be needful, meet or becoming.
 * 1)  To be necessary for (someone).
 * 2)  To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
 * 3)  To be needful, meet or becoming.
 * 1)  To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
 * 2)  To be needful, meet or becoming.
 * 1)  To be needful, meet or becoming.
 * 1)  To be needful, meet or becoming.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, дълг е на
 * Dutch:, pаssen
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: correponder
 * German:, sich geziemen , , sich schicken, sich ziemen
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: notwendig sein
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , kötelessége,
 * Norwegian: være nødvendig
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Hungarian: érdeke, érdekében áll
 * Italian:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) Benefit, advantage.
 * 2) Duty.

Usage notes
This term is typically found as part of a dative phrase beginning with, or ; e.g., “to þy behove” means “to your advantage".