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hangian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hangian, p. ode; pp. od
Wright's OE grammar
§239; §289; §536;
To hang, be suspended, depend
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  • Ic hongige

    pendeo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 11: Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 21; Rä. 15, 11.
  • Ðes hálga Hǽlend hangaþ unscyldig

    this holy Jesus hangeth guiltless,

      Homl. Th. ii. 256, 14: Beo. Th. 4886; B. 2447.
  • Manega sind beboda mannum gesette ac hí ealle hangiaþ on ðisum twám wordum

    many are the commandments appointed to men, but they all depend upon these two sentences,

      Homl. Th. ii. 314, 21.
  • Ðá ðá Crist hangode on róde for úre álýsednysse

    when Christ hung on the cross for our redemption,

      240, 22: Lk. Skt. 23, 39.
  • Wíde sceós hangodan on hira fótum and bogan hangodan on hiora eaxlum

    wide shoes hung on their feet and bows hung on their shoulders,

      Shrn. 38, 8.
  • His loccas hangodon tó ðám anccleowum

    his locks hung down to his ancles,

      Homl. Th. i. 466, 25.
  • Swá hálig wer hangian ne sceolde

    so holy a man ought not to be hung,

      596, 30.
  • Hangigende,

      594, 5.
  • Hangiende, ii. 260, 25.
Etymology
[Laym. hongien; p. hongede: A. R. hongede: Wick. hangide: O. Sax. hangón: O. Frs. hangia: Icel. hanga: O. H. Ger. hangen; p. hangeta.]
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v.  hongian.
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