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behelm

behelm verb: to cover; cover over.

Verb

behelm (third-person singular simple present behelms, present participle behelming, simple past and past participle behelmed)

  1. (transitive) To cover; cover over.
    • And hundred-folded Briareus, and Lerna's Worm of dread Fell hissing; and Chimaera's length and fire-behelmed head, [...]1876, Virgil, William Morris, Cedric Chivers, The Aeneids of Virgil
    • He went to the Thing in gold-reddened helm, and all his company was behelmed.1895, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga library
  2. (transitive) To cover as with a helm or helmet.
    • Stepped forth a virgin, with behelmed head Like to a martial goddess, fair at once And dreadful to behold; [...]1985, Friedrich Schiller, Friedrich Schiller, poet of freedom, Washington, D.C.: Schiller Institute
    • Now come the days for fighting to the finish, bemail thy body and behelm thy head; Rally all those that desert thee, and put away forests and dice.1998, Margaret Bent, Andrew Wathey, Fauvel studies

behelm meaning in Bengali

behelm in Bengali

আবৃত করা, ঢেকে ফেলা, শিরস্ত্রাণ, হেলমেট দিয়ে আবৃত করা

Forms of behelm

third-person singular presentbehelms
present participlebehelming
past participlebehelmed
pastbehelmed

Origin of behelm

From Middle English *behelmen, from Old English behelmian (“to cover over”), equivalent to be- + helm. Related to Old English helan (“to cover”). More at hele.

Words that rhyme with behelm

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Questions about behelm

What does behelm mean?
Behelm means to cover; cover over.
What is behelm in Bengali?
Behelm in Bengali is আবৃত করা, ঢেকে ফেলা, শিরস্ত্রাণ. See Behelm meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is behelm?
Behelm is a verb.
What is the past tense of behelm?
The past tense of behelm is behelmed.

Words near behelm in the dictionary

  1. beheldest
  2. beheldst
  3. Beheler
  4. Behelers
  5. behell
  6. behelm
  7. behelmed
  8. behelmeted
  9. behelming
  10. behelms
  11. behelp

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: behelm (page history and authors); behelm (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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