behovelynesse

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bihovelinesse

Etymology

behovely +‎ -nesse.

Noun

behovelynesse (uncountable)

1. The quality of being beneficial or profitable.
2. The quality of being necessary; needfulness.
3. Inevitability.
4. Fittingness.

Related terms

• behovely
• behove
• behoveable
• behovefull
• behovefully
• behovesum
• behoven
• behofþe
• beheve
• hovely

References

• “bihọ̄velīnesse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.