beheadv.

/bɪˈhɛd/

Forms: Old English behéafdi-an, Middle English behæfdien, Middle English bihaued-en, Middle English biheafdin, bihafdi, Middle English bihefden, Middle English biheueden, Middle English behevede(n, bi-, byhede(n, -heede, Middle English–1500s behede, beheede, Middle English–1500s behedde, byhedde, 1500s beheadde, 1500s– behead.

Etymology: Old English behéafdi-an , < be- prefix 3 (with privative force) + héafod head n.¹; compare Middle High German behoubeten in same sense, modern German enthaupten.

1. transitive. To deprive (a person or animal) of the head, to decapitate; to kill by cutting off the head.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > behead

beheadc1000

headOE

for-head13..

unheadc1480

firkc1540

decollate1599

decapitate1611

decoll1649

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xiv. 10 He asende þa and beheafdode Iohannem.

c1160 Hatton G. Matt. xiv. 10 behæfdede.

a1225 Juliana 40 To bihefden [v.r. beheafdin] pawel.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13124 Þat heo us wulle bihafdi.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Matt. xiv. 10 He sente, and bihedide [v.r. byheuedede] Joon in the prisoun.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlvii. l. 155 Beheveded On Aftyr Anothir.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iv. 48 Other sayd that they shold be beheedid.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 54/1 To bee byhedded at Pountfreit.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. vii. 93 Take him away, and behead him.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xlvi. 719 A great number of the captives were beheaded.

1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. vii. 156 We beheaded 2000 fellahs, throwing their headless corpses into the Nile.

figurative.1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. xiv. 209 To repaire the decayes thereof by beheading superstition.1726 M. Henry Wks. II. 370 It adds to our grief to see a family beheaded.

2. Of things: To deprive of the top or foremost part. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > the top or front part

poll1577

behead1579

obtruncate1599

decapitate1776

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 271 Maister Heskins beheadeth the sentence.

1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) §20 400 Graffs of last year, cut to a few eyes, behead as at 98.

1887 N.E.D. at Behead Mod. Beheaded and curtailed words.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	behead
释义	beheadv. /bɪˈhɛd/ Forms: Old English behéafdi-an, Middle English behæfdien, Middle English bihaued-en, Middle English biheafdin, bihafdi, Middle English bihefden, Middle English biheueden, Middle English behevede(n, bi-, byhede(n, -heede, Middle English–1500s behede, beheede, Middle English–1500s behedde, byhedde, 1500s beheadde, 1500s– behead. Etymology: Old English behéafdi-an , < be- prefix 3 (with privative force) + héafod head n.¹; compare Middle High German behoubeten in same sense, modern German enthaupten. 1. transitive. To deprive (a person or animal) of the head, to decapitate; to kill by cutting off the head. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > behead beheadc1000 headOE for-head13.. unheadc1480 firkc1540 decollate1599 decapitate1611 decoll1649 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xiv. 10 He asende þa and beheafdode Iohannem. c1160 Hatton G. Matt. xiv. 10 behæfdede. a1225 Juliana 40 To bihefden [v.r. beheafdin] pawel. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13124 Þat heo us wulle bihafdi. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Matt. xiv. 10 He sente, and bihedide [v.r. byheuedede] Joon in the prisoun. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlvii. l. 155 Beheveded On Aftyr Anothir. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iv. 48 Other sayd that they shold be beheedid. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 54/1 To bee byhedded at Pountfreit. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. vii. 93 Take him away, and behead him. View more context for this quotation 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xlvi. 719 A great number of the captives were beheaded. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. vii. 156 We beheaded 2000 fellahs, throwing their headless corpses into the Nile. figurative.1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. xiv. 209 To repaire the decayes thereof by beheading superstition.1726 M. Henry Wks. II. 370 It adds to our grief to see a family beheaded. 2. Of things: To deprive of the top or foremost part. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > the top or front part poll1577 behead1579 obtruncate1599 decapitate1776 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 271 Maister Heskins beheadeth the sentence. 1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) §20 400 Graffs of last year, cut to a few eyes, behead as at 98. 1887 N.E.D. at Behead Mod. Beheaded and curtailed words. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.c1000
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