bethrow
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Gioseso, hauing prouided a good Holly-wand, went into the Chamber, where his wife sate railing, and despitefully grumbling, where taking her by the haire of her head, bethrew her at his feete, beating her entreamely with the wand."
- "Were I a flower what would I do, […] I would be growing to be Be made into a garland to To bethrow two people in a A bond of marriage or Or adorn, the neck of someone honoured at a drop of a hat."
- "O master heare you, you have made a fresh hand now, I thought you would bethrow you: what will you doe now?"
Etymology
From Middle English bethrowen, from Old English beþrāwan (“to twist”), equivalent to be- + throw. Cognate with West Frisian bedraaie (“to cheat, deceive”), Dutch bedraaien (“to involve”), German bedrehen (“to heave to, come to”).
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Inflected Forms
bethrows (present, singular)
bethrowing (participle, present)
bethrew (past)
bethrown (participle, past)