ppl. a. Forms: 1–3 be-, bihonge(n, 3 bihangen, 4 byhong, 7– behung. [See BEHANG.] Hung about; draped with (hangings, etc.).

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c. 897.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past., xv. § 4. Ðæs sacerdes hrægl … mid bellum behongen.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 3637. Hallen bihongen [1250 bihonge] mid pellen.

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c. 1300.  K. Alis., 201. Al theo cite was by-hong Of riche baudekyns.

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1622.  Heylin, Cosmogr., III. (1682), 192. Their noses … behung with Jewels.

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1858.  Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., II. VI. iii. 163. A Serene Highness … of polite turn, behung with titles.

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