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á-hón

  • verb [ contracted ]
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to hang (trans.),
suspend
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  • Gyf mon þás wyrte on mannes swyran áhéhð (-héð,

    v. l.

    ),
      Lch. i. 280, 10.

  • Man áhéhð (-héð,

    v. l.

    ) mid searwum mycle sweras,
      Gr. D. 270, 4.

  • Hé áhéng ꝥ dúst on ǽnne post,

      Hml. S. 26, 226, 233.

  • Hé sǽde ꝥ hé on dá lyfte áhénge (ic wæs áhónde, v. l.) ꝥ mynster

    dixit se cellulam in aera suspendisse.

      Gr. D. 30, 17.

  • Sié áwegen oððe áhangen

    expendatur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 33.
to hang on a gallows or cross
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  • Ðonne hine man on gealgan áhéhð

    quando appensus fuerit in patibulo,

      Deut. 21, 22.

  • Áhéngon infurcarunt, áhongen

    infurcatus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 40, 41.

  • Hé hié ðǽr áhón hét,

      Chr. 897; P. 91, 17.

  • His stíward hét se cyng on róde áhón,

      1096; P. 232, 23.

  • Hí hiene hét áhón

    in crucem suspendit,

      Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 33.

  • Sié áhóen

    crucifigatur,

      Mt. L. 27, 22: Lk. L. 23, 23.
Etymology
[Goth. us-háhan.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-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/38367.

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