"behelm" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1876, Virgil, William Morris, Cedric Chivers, The Aeneids of Virgil",
          "text": "And hundred-folded Briareus, and Lerna's Worm of dread Fell hissing; and Chimaera's length and fire-behelmed head, [...]",
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          "ref": "1985, Friedrich Schiller, Friedrich Schiller, poet of freedom, Washington, D.C.: Schiller Institute",
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        "(transitive) To cover as with a helm or helmet."
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