beþurfan

Meaning

1. to need, have need of

   Đā ġelǣredan ne beðurfon þyssera bōca, forðan ðe him mæġ heora āgen lār genihtsumian. Iċ cweðe nū þæt iċ næfre heonon forð ne āwende godspel oððe godspeltrahtas of Ledene on Englisċ.

   The learned have no need of these books, for they can be satisfied by their own learning. I say now that henceforth, I will never translate a gospel or a gospel-commentary from Latin into English.

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

2. to want, desire

Conjugation