behang
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Now seven times had frosty-bearded Winter covered both herbs and flowers with snow, and behung the trees with crystal icicles, since the unfortunate St. George beheld the cheerful light of heaven, but lived obscure in a dismal dungeon, […]"
- "And with rich clusters (hid among / The leaves) her temples I behung: […]"
- "Moreover, when they have introduced the bride, they spread a fleece under her; and she, having brought in with her a distaff and a spindle, all behangs her husband's door with woollen yarn?"
Etymology
From Middle English *behangen, behongen, bihangien, bihengen, from Old English behōn (“to hang round”), equivalent to be- + hang. Cognate with Dutch behangen (“to decorate”), German behängen (“to hang, drape, decorate”).