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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
DER. a-, be-, bi-, ge-hón.
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