beþurfan

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, be- +‎ þurfan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈθur.fɑn/, [beˈθurˠ.vɑn]

Verb

beþurfan

1. to need, have need of [with genitive]
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     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.

2. to want, desire [with genitive]

Conjugation

Conjugation of beþurfan (preterite-present)

infinitive	beþurfan	beþearfenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	beþearf	beþorfte
second person singular	beþearft	beþorftest
third person singular	beþearf	beþorfte
plural	beþurfon	beþorfton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	beþyrfe	beþorfte
plural	beþyrfen	beþorften
imperative
singular	beþyrfe
plural	beþurfaþ
participle	present	past
	beþearfende	—

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “be-þurfan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.