Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

besung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-sung
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sung of; sung about; glorified or praised in song.

verb

past participle of besing

Example Sentences

"Better to him seemed that victorious crown, / That midst the reverent silence of the town / He oft would set upon some singer's brow / Than was the conqueror's diadem, blest now / By lying priests, soon, bent and bloody, hung / Within the thorn by linnets well besung, / Who think but little of the corpse beneath, / Though ancient lands have trembled at his breath."
"O fair midspring, besung so oft and oft, How can I praise thy loveliness enow?"

Etymology

From besing. Compare Dutch bezongen, German besungen.

Inflected Forms

more besung (comparative) most besung (superlative)

Questions

What does besung mean?: Sung of; sung about; glorified or praised in song.
Where does besung come from?: From besing. Compare Dutch bezongen, German besungen.

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