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Behang vs Befang - What's the difference?

behang | befang |

As verbs the difference between behang and befang

is that behang is (ambitransitive) to hang round or about; depend; suspend; drape while befang is to lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch.

behang

English

Verb

  • (ambitransitive) To hang round or about; depend; suspend; drape.
  • *1824 , Richard Johnson, The renowned history of the seven champions of Christendom :
    • 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, [...]
  • *1890 , Robert Herrick, William Carew Hazlitt, Hesperides :
    • And with rich clusters (hid among The leaves) her temples I behung : [...]
  • To ornament; embellish.
  • * 1874 , Plutarch, John Dryden, Arthur Hugh Clough, Plutarch's lives :
    • 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?

    Derived terms

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    befang

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Verb

  • To lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch.
    • Come here an' I'll befang thee!
  • (obsolete) To take hold on; begin or commence upon.
  • (obsolete) To encompass; enclose; contain; comprehend.

    • References

    * Wright, The English dialect dictionary , Befang. * Philological Society (Great Britain), A new English dictionary on historical principles , Befong.