different between behung vs behang
behung
English
Etymology
Past participle of behang (“to hang around or about, drape, adorn”), equivalent to be- +? hung.
Adjective
behung (comparative more behung, superlative most behung)
- Draped; ornamented with something hanging.
- a horse behung with trappings
Verb
behung
- simple past tense and past participle of behang
behung From the web:
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behang
English
Etymology
From Middle English *behangen, behongen, bihangien, bihengen, from Old English beh?n (“to hang round”), equivalent to be- +? hang. Cognate with Dutch behangen (“to decorate”), German behängen (“to hang, drape, decorate”).
Verb
behang (third-person singular simple present behangs, present participle behanging, simple past and past participle behung)
- (transitive) To hang round or about, as ornament or embellishment; suspend; drape.
- 1824, Richard Johnson, The renowned history of the seven champions of Christendom:
- Now seven times had frosty-bearded Winter covered both herbs and flowers with snow, and behung the trees with crystal icicles, since the unfortunate St. George beheld the cheerful light of heaven, but lived obscure in a dismal dungeon, […]
- 1890, Robert Herrick, William Carew Hazlitt, Hesperides:
- And with rich clusters (hid among / The leaves) her temples I behung: […]
- 1874, Plutarch, John Dryden, Arthur Hugh Clough, Plutarch's lives:
- Moreover, when they have introduced the bride, they spread a fleece under her; and she, having brought in with her a distaff and a spindle, all behangs her husband's door with woollen yarn?
- 1824, Richard Johnson, The renowned history of the seven champions of Christendom:
Derived terms
- behung
Anagrams
- Ah Beng
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?????/
- Hyphenation: be?hang
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From behangen.
Noun
behang n (uncountable, diminutive behangetje n)
- wallpaper
- Synonyms: behangpapier, behangselpapier
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
behang
- first-person singular present indicative of behangen
- imperative of behangen
behang From the web:
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