þearf

f (-e/-a) 1. need; 2. need for or of something, which is expressed (1) by a genitive (α) of a noun, or of a pronoun referring to a noun; him wæs manna þearf to him was a need of men; (β) of a pronoun that represents a clause; nis mé þæs nán þearf I have not need of that; (γ) of a pronoun that refers to a gerundial infinitive; forþon nis mé þæs þearf, cwæð Orosius, tó secgenne because I need not, said Orosius, to say; (2) by a clause; gé habbað micle þearf, þæt gé simle wel dón ye have great need that ye may ever do well; (3) by the gerundial infinitive; ús is micel þearf tó witenne we have great need to know; (4) where that for which there is need is not expressed; hit is éow tó uncúðre, þonne gé þearfe áhton you have less knowledge on the point than you have need of; 3. needful things, what is needful; 4. what is required of a person, duty; 5. use, service, behoof, good, advantage, utility, profit, benefit; 5a. a useful thing, profitable employment; 6. need, distress, straits, difficulty, trouble, hardship, provation, distress, danger; tó \þearfe as is needed, according to what is needed; 7. see þeorf; 8. pres 3^rd sing of þurfan; 9. adj needful, necessary;