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† beˈhang, v. Obs.
For forms see hang v.
[OE. behón (= OS. bihâhan; cf. mod.G. behängen), f. be- about + hón (:—hanhan) to hang. Obs. since 17th c. exc. in pa. pple. behung.]
To hang (a thing) about with (bells, hangings, drapery, etc.).
c897K. ælfred Past. xv. (Sw. 92) Se sacerd sceolde bion mid bellum behangen. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 89 þat burh folc..bihengen it mid palmes. c1300K. Alis. 758 He dude his temple al by-honge With bawdekyn, brod and longe. 1393Gower Conf. II. 384 With great richesse he him be⁓hongeth. 1597R. Johnson Sev. Champ. i. x. 65 Winter..behung the trees wit crystal icicles. 1648Herrick Poems (1869) I. 13 And with rich clusters..her temples I behung. |