An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Behuf

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2524219An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — BehufJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Behuf, masculine, ‘behalf, advantage,’ from Middle High German behuof, masculine, ‘business, purpose, means to an end’; root haf (in heben), as also in English behoof, Anglo-Saxon behôf.