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Old English · noun

hengen

Normalised henġen

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈxen.jen/
[ˈhen.d͡ʒen]
Syllables
ˈxen · jen (2 syllables)
Modern English
hangingdurancehangedhunghingegibbetconfinement

Meaning

  1. hanging

  2. that on which one is hung or hanged (e.g. gibbet, gallows, cross, etc.)

  3. prison, confinement, durance

Declension

Declension of hengen
SingularPlural
Nominative henġenhenġennahenġenne
Accusative henġennehenġennahenġenne
Genitive henġennehenġenna
Dative henġennehenġennum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hangini (stem *hangunnj-). Cognate with Old Saxon henginnia, hengenna.

Descendants

hinge

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