"behell" meaning in All languages combined

See behell on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: behells [present, singular, third-person], behelling [participle, present], behelled [participle, past], behelled [past]
Etymology: From be- + hell. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|hell}} be- + hell Head templates: {{en-verb}} behell (third-person singular simple present behells, present participle behelling, simple past and past participle behelled)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To torture as with pains of hell; give hell (to). Tags: intransitive, transitive
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