v. [UP- 4. Cf. (M)Du. ophangen, MLG. uphangen, G. aufhangen, MSw. up-, op(p)hāngia (Sw. upphänga), MDa. uphængie (Da. ophænge).] a. intr. To hang on high. b. trans. To hang up, suspend. Also Uphanged pa. pple, Uphanging vbl. sb.
c. 1440. Ps. Penit. (1894), 32. Thu were offred uphongyng, For mannes sake on rode tre.
1555. Lydgate’s Chron. Troy, I. 2242. Thus she stode in doubtfull Jeopardy, Of loue and shame…, Full euenly vphanged in balaunce.
1592. Spenser, Visions Bellay, vi. Soone on a tree vphang’d I saw her spoyle.
1742. Shenstone, Schoolmistress, xiv. How Israel’s sons…, untuning ev’ry string, Uphung their useless lyres.
1789. T. Russell, Sonn., etc., 1. Stern Chivalry her idle spear uphung.
1860. Ld. Lytton, Lucile, II. v. § 4. 10. When soft stars were brightly uphanging the night.
1861. Macm. Mag., June, 128. To build a stone-pier for the uphanging of great coats or hats.
