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bōden
v.(2)
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To dwell (in a place); tarry; ?lie in wait.
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bihọ̄ven
v.
Additional spellings:
behoven
161 quotations in 5 senses
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Of things: to be needed, required, requisite, or necessary; -- (a) alone or with inf. phrase; (b) with personal obj. (dat.) or
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phrase;
hem bihoveth water
, they need water;
lothe childe bihoveth
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