Of things: to be needed, required, requisite, or necessary; -- (a) alone or with inf. phrase; (b) with personal obj. (dat.) or to phrase; hem bihoveth water, they need water; lothe childe bihoveth lore, a bad child needs training; etc.; (c) with to or upon phrase.

Of things: to be requisite, required, or necessary (as by destiny, convention, social status, doctrine, morals, reasoning, or a specific task); be appropriate, fitting, suitable, proper, or due; also, belong properly (to sth.) [constr. (c)]; -- (a) alone, or with inf. phrase; (b) with personal obj. (dat.); wisdom behoves the, you must be wise; deth the ~, you must die; etc; (c) with to phrase.

Of persons: (a) to need; have need (of sth.); (b) to be constrained, compelled, or obliged (to do sth.); men bihove to wrestil, people must or ought to struggle; bihoveth to have, should have by right.

(it) bihoveth, etc.: (a) it is necessary or inescapable (with respect to circumstances, destiny, logic, etc.); it bihoveth nedes (nedfulli, nedli, bi necessite), etc.; it bihoveth to be, it must be; etc.; (b) it is requisite or proper (with respect to custom, morals, duty, doctrine, etc.).

him (etc.) bihoveth: (a) with respect to circumstances or destiny: he is constrained or compelled (to do sth., suffer, etc.); him (etc.) bihoveth nede (nedes, of force), he must of necessity (do sth., etc.); her bihoveth dien, she must die; (b) with respect to custom, morals, doctrine, office, etc.: it is incumbent upon him (to do sth., etc.); it is his duty or his business; it is proper or fitting for him; him (etc.) bihoveth knele doun, he must kneel down; them bud nede, they had to; etc.