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hón

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Wright's OE grammar
§117; §239; §245; §329; §514;
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to place a thing so that it is
supported from above
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  • Mon héhþ ǽnne heáfodbeáh æt ærneweges ende,

      Bt. 37, 2; F. 188, 8.
  • Hí gedydon ánne scyld and áne anlícnysse, and áhéngon (héngon,

    v. l.

    ) hí úp on heora
      Capitolium, Ors. 6, 25 ; Bos. 125, 2.
  • Gá án mǽden-man tó and hó hit on his sweóran,

      Lch. iii. 42, 10.
to suspend on a cross or gibbet as a punishment
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  • Gif wíteþeów hine forstalie, hó hine mon,

      Ll. Th. i. 118, 6.
  • Sleá man hine, oþþe hó, swá man þá yldran ǽr dyde,

      242, 6.
to let droop or
bend downward
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  • Þæt heáfod hó ofdúne,

      Lch. ii. 18, 14.
to put clothing on
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  • Gif þú . . . cláþa þe má on hæfst (héhst,

    v. l.

    ) þonne þú þurfe,
      Bt. 14, l ; F. 42, 15.
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v. ofer-hón, ymb-hón.
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