Hōn

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

hōn

Add: I. to place a thing so that it is supported from above :-- Mon hēhþ ǣnne heáfodbeáh æt ærneweges ende, Bt. 37, 2; F. 188, 8. Hī gedydon ānne scyld and āne anlīcnysse, and āhēngon (hēngon, ) hī ūp on heora Capitolium, Ors. 6, 25 ; Bos. 125, 2. Gā ān mǣden-man tō and hō hit on his sweóran, Lch. iii. 42, 10. II. to suspend on a cross or gibbet as a punishment :-- Gif wīteþeów hine forstalie, hō hine mon, Ll. Th. i. 118, 6. Sleá man hine, oþþe hō, swā man þā yldran ǣr dyde, 242, 6. III. to let droop or bend downward :-- Þæt heáfod hō ofdūne, Lch. ii. 18, 14. IV. to put clothing on :-- Gif þū . . . cláþa þe mā on hæfst (hēhst, v. l.) þonne þū þurfe, Bt. 14, l ; F. 42, 15. v. ofer-, ymb-hōn. hon

Parole correlate: l.