v. For forms see HANG. Obs. since 17th c. exc. in pa. pple. BEHUNG. [OE. behón (= OS. bihâhan; cf. mod.G. behängen), f. BE- about + hón (:—hanhan) to HANG.] To hang (a thing) about with (bells, hangings, drapery, etc.).
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Past., xv. (Sw. 92). Se sacerd sceolde bion mid bellum behangen.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 89. Þat burh folc … bihengen it mid palmes.
c. 1300. K. Alis., 758. He dude his temple al by-honge With bawdekyn, brod and longe.
1393. Gower, Conf., II. 384. With great richesse he him behongeth.
1597. R. Johnson, Sev. Champ., I. x. 65. Winter … behung the trees wit crystal icicles.
1648. Herrick, Poems (1869), I. 13. And with rich clusters … her temples I behung.
