eldertongue

Old English · adjective

niedbehefe

Part of speech
adjective

Meaning

  1. necessary, needful, needed

    Ne widcweðe iċ, Drihten, tō deorfenne gȳt, ġif iċ nȳdbehefe eom gȳt ðīnum folce; ne iċ ne belādiġe gȳt mē for ylde: bēo ðīn willa ā, weroda Drihten!

    I do not refuse, O Lord, to yet labor, if I am needed by your people; nor will I yet excuse myself on account of my age: let your will be forever, Lord of Hosts!

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Etymology

nīed (“need”) + behēfe (“necessary”)

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