Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behand

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-hand
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Notice the bronze hands over the fireplace. A person sentenced to be "behanded" might by law commute the punishment by paying a certain sum, and presenting a bronze hand marked with the name, crime, etc."
"The pit burial in a Cahokia mound of four beheaded and behanded men "could easily be personifications of the four beheaded, sacred ears of corn in a similar ritual" (Brose and Greber 1979, 264)."

Etymology

From be- (“off, away”) + hand, modelled after behead.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

behands (present, singular) behanding (participle, present) behanded (participle, past) behanded (past)

Questions

What does behand mean?: To remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands.
Where does behand come from?: From be- (“off, away”) + hand, modelled after behead.

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