behefe

== Middle English == === Adjective === behefe alternative form of biheve == Old English == === Alternative forms === behœ̄fe, bihoefe === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈxeː.fe/, [beˈheː.ve] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *bihōfī, equivalent to be- +‎ *hēfe. ==== Adjective ==== behēfe (superlative behēfost or behēfast) necessary, behoveful ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: beheve, biheve === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *bihōfī, from Proto-Germanic *bihōfiją (“use, profit”). Compare Old Norse hœfi (“goal, position, relation”). ==== Noun ==== behēfe m gain, advantage, benefit, behoof ===== Declension ===== Strong ja-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== nīedbehēfe (noun) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “be-héfe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.