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behelming

behelming is the present participle of behelm.

Meaning of behelm

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
  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

Questions about behelming

What is behelming the present participle of?
Behelming is the present participle of behelm.

Words near behelming in the dictionary

  1. Behelers
  2. behell
  3. behelm
  4. behelmed
  5. behelmeted
  6. behelming
  7. behelms
  8. behelp
  9. behemoth
  10. behemothian
  11. behemothic

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