ppl. a. Obs. Forms: 2–3 bihenged, 3–4 be-, bihonged, 5–7 behanged. [f. prec. + -ED.] Hung about, draped, hung.
c. 1200. Ormin, 951. Þatt tall Iudisskenn preost wass swa Bihenngedd all wiþþ belless.
c. 1330. Arth. & Merl., 3549. Eueri strete Was behonged … With mani pal and riche cloth.
1553–87. Foxe, A. & M. (1596), 114/2. A faire palace richlie behanged.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 255. Our dames and gentlewomen must haue their eares behanged with them.
