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a-hón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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Grammar
a-hón, to a-hónn; ic -hó, ðú -héhst, he -héhþ; impert. -hóh; p. -héng,-héncg, pl. -héngon; pp. -hongen, -hangen
To hang, crucify; suspendere, crucifigere
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  • He Andreas hát ahón on heáhne beám

    he commanded to hang Andrew on a high tree,

    • Exon. 70a; Th. 261, 3
      • ;
    • Jul. 309
      • :
    • Gen. 40, 19
      • .

  • Ic ahó

    suspendo;

  • ic ahéncg

    suspendi,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 12
      • .

  • Sealde heom to ahónne

    tradidit eis ut crucifigeretur,

    • Mt. Bos. 27, 26
      • .

  • Ahóh hine

    crucifige eum,

    • Mk. Bos. 15, 14
      • .

  • On gealgan ahéhþ

    he shall hang on a gallows,

    • Deut. 21, 22
      • .

  • Ðæt hí hine ahéngon

    ut crucifigerent eum,

    • Mk. Bos. 15, 20
      • :
    • Mt. Bos. 27, 35
      • :
    • Mk. Bos. 15, 25
      • .

  • Ðæt he ahangen wǽ re

    that he should be crucified,

    • 15, 15
      • :
    • Mt. Bos. 27, 38, 44
      • .

  • Sý he ahangen

    crucifigatur,

    • 27, 23
      • .

  • Pilatus on róde ahéng ródera Waldend

    Pilate had crucified on the cross the Ruler of the skies,

    • Exon. 70a; Th. 260, 29
      • ;
    • Jul. 305
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 419
      • ;
    • El. 210
      • .

  • He ahangen wæs

    he was hanged,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 887
      • ;
    • El. 445 : 903
      • ;
    • El. 453
      • .
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v.  a-hangen a-héhst a-héncg a-héng a-hó a-hóh a-hongen.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “a-hón.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1351.

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