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hón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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Grammar
hón, p. héng; pp. hangen
Wright's OE grammar
§117; §239; §245; §329; §514;
To hang, suspend, crucify
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  • Gé hig hóþ

    crucifigetis,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 23, 34.

  • Hine man héng

    ille suspensus est in cruce,

    • Gen. 41, 13.

  • Hig hine héngon

    crucifixerunt eum,

    • Lk. Skt. 23, 33.

  • Ðóne héngon on heáne beám fæderas ússe,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 847;
    • El. 424.

  • Hóh hine

    crucifige eum,

    • Mk. Skt. 15, 13.

  • Hóh hyne hóh hyne: Ðá cwæþ pilatus tó him Nime gé hine and hóþ,

    • Jn. Skt. 19, 6.

  • Hóh on earm

    hang it on to the arm,

    • Med. ex Quadr. 9, 12;
    • Lchdm, i. 362, 27.

  • Ðone óðerne hé hét hón on gealgan

    alterum suspendit in crucem,

    • Gen. 40, 22.

  • Hét se wælhreówa hine hón on heardre hengene,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 308, 29.

  • Ðǽr wǽron gelǽdde twegen sceaþan for heora synnum tó hónne

    there were brought two thieves to be crucified for their sins,

    • 254, 22.

  • Tó hóanne

    ad crucifigendum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 19.

  • Ic hæbbe mihte ðé tó hónne,

    • Jn. Skt. 19, 10.

  • Ðǽm hóendum

    crucifigentibus,

    • Lk. Skt. 11, 7.

  • Frignan ongan on hwylcum ðara beáma bearn wealdendes hangen wǽre.

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1701;
    • El. 851.
Etymology
[Laym. hon; p. heng:
Orm. Chauc. Piers P. heng, p:
Goth. hahan; p. haihah:
Icel. hanga; p. hékk pendere:
O. Frs. hua; p. heng; pp. huen:
O. H. Ger. hahan; p. hieng figere, crucifigere, suspendere.]
Derived forms
a-, be-, bi-, ge-hón.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/19481.

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