Juan Albion
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Hmmmm. Maybe.
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Beheading
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Hmmmm. Maybe.
bn1&bn3 Albion
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Hanged or hung.
Juan Albion
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I wouldn't want to be well-hanged.
Shuggie
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8 different entries for the prefix BE- given in the OED. The one you're asking about is as follows:
3. Forming derivative verbs with privative meaning ‘off, away,’ as in bedeal v., benim v., bereave v. A very common use of be- in Old English and Middle English, prob. originating in words like beshear v., ‘to cut all round,’ whence ‘to cut off or away’;
but no longer in living use in forming new derivatives.
c. An ancient application, no longer in living use, was to express the sense of ‘bereave of,’ as in behead v., belimb v., etc., q.v. Cf. 3, above.
3. Forming derivative verbs with privative meaning ‘off, away,’ as in bedeal v., benim v., bereave v. A very common use of be- in Old English and Middle English, prob. originating in words like beshear v., ‘to cut all round,’ whence ‘to cut off or away’;
but no longer in living use in forming new derivatives.
c. An ancient application, no longer in living use, was to express the sense of ‘bereave of,’ as in behead v., belimb v., etc., q.v. Cf. 3, above.
Juan Albion
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Perfect. Good old OED.
Shuggie
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double post
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
super-seagulls
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Shirley, it would only be 'deheading' if you 'headed' someone in the first place.
By that I mean if people's heads were put on like bottle tops for example, they could be 'deheaded', however because the body begins with a head it can't be 're-unheaded' if that makes sense!
Maybe I'm just talking crap
dannyboy
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well it looks like they deheaded someone else last night .. next up is a Briton!
Bequeath means offload.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Beheaded could equally apply to most pints poured at the Amex.
BlockDpete
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Is he really british the excustioner? The man in black is holding a knife so appears left handed but his gun holster is over his left shoulder so would need a right handed man to pull the gun as if he was a leftie and in a gun fight then would be cack handed and wouldn't be able to pull it out in time.
Too true. Smoke and mirrors. Could also have just been a VoiceOver.
Bet conspiracy theorist will soon be saying its Obama in the film.
fat old seagull
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Begone with you sir.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Does that post even make any sense?
I agree. It's made to appear that the executioner is British for recruitment purposes. The knife in left hand and gun holster doesn't make sense at all.
Don Quixote
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