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▪ I. † biˈheve, a. Obs. Forms: 1 behoefe, behefe, 3 biheue. [OE. behéfe, earlier bihóefe:—*bihofio-, adj. f. *bihóf- behoof, meaning ‘of behoof, of use.’] Profitable, useful, needful.
c975Rushw. Gosp. Mark xi. 3 Cweoðas ðætte drihtne bihoefe [Lindisf. behoflic] vel ned-ðarf is. c1000Ags. G. Luke xiv. 28 Þa and-fengas þe him behefe synt. a1225Juliana 46 Nis nawt þe biheve. ▪ II. † biˈheve, n. Obs. Forms: 1 behéfe, 3 biheue. [subst. use of prec. adj.] Behoof; advantage.
a1225Ancr. R. 96 Vor moni vuel ich iseo þerinne, & none biheue. c1320Cast. Love 1425 Ac heore doute was vre bi-heue. c1320Assump. Virg. 676 He wist he was to godes biheue. |