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Beland vs Behand - What's the difference?

beland | behand |

As verbs the difference between beland and behand

is that beland is to bereave or deprive one of his land or territory; confiscate while behand is to remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands.

beland

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To bereave or deprive one of his land or territory; confiscate.
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    behand

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands.
  • *1909 , Theodore L. Flood, The Chautauquan - Volumes 53-54 - Page 55 :
    • Notice the bronze hands over the fireplace. A person sentenced to be "behanded " might by law commute the punishment by paying a certain sum, and presenting a bronze hand marked with the name, crime, etc.
  • *2004 , Susan C. Power, Early Art of the Southeastern Indians :
    • The pit burial in a Cahokia mound of four beheaded and behanded men "could easily be personifications of the four beheaded, sacred ears of corn in a similar ritual" (Brose and Greber 1979, 264).