eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for behove

3 headwords match “behove”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; behofian ranks first.

  1. 1

    behofian

    score 7

    verb

    behove — to have need of, need

  2. 2

    gedafenian

    score 6

    verb

    behove — to be becoming or fit, to behove (chiefly impersonal, with dative subject)

  3. 3

    gebyrian

    score 5

    verb

    behove — to happen

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