See behøva on Wiktionary
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"behôven",
"behoven#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"*bihōvōn",
"Reconstruction:Old Saxon/bihovon"
],
[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bihōfōn"
],
[
"behöva",
"behöva#Swedish"
]
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},
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{
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{
"form": "behøve",
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}
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"word": "behøvdara"
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"word": "trenga"
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}
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"Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Saxon",
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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