Behoof

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /bɪˈhuːf/

Origin

Old English behōf, from Proto-Germanic *bihōfą, from *bihafaną ("to get, receive"). Akin to Dutch behoef, German Behuf ("necessity"), Danish behov ("requirement") (from Middle Low German)

Etymology in the : "jf. ty. Behuf, eng. behoof"

. Related to have, and heave.

Full definition of behoof

Noun

1. (archaic) Advantage or benefit.
• 1919, Saki, ‘The Penance’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 Complete Short Stories, p. 423:They had parents in India – that much Octavian had learned in the neighbourhood; the children, beyond grouping themselves garmentwise into sexes, a girl and two boys, carried their life-story no further on his behoof.

Related terms

• behoove
• behovely