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behad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-had
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Beholden; indebted.

Etymology

From Old Scots behald, behauld, reduced variant of behalden, behaulden (“beholden, indebted”), from behald, behauld (“to look at, regard”). More at behold.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more behad (comparative) most behad (superlative)

Questions

What does behad mean?
Beholden; indebted.
Where does behad come from?
From Old Scots behald, behauld, reduced variant of behalden, behaulden (“beholden, indebted”), from behald, behauld (“to look at, regard”). More at behold.

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