"hangen" meaning in Middle English

See hangen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈhanɡən/, /ˈhaːnɡən/, /ˈhɔnɡən/, /ˈhɔːnɡən/
Etymology: Originally two distinct verbs: * Old English hangian, from Proto-West Germanic *hangēn, from Proto-Germanic *hangāną. * Old English hōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|hangian}} Old English hangian, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hangēn}} Proto-West Germanic *hangēn, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hangāną}} Proto-Germanic *hangāną, {{inh|enm|ang|hōn}} Old English hōn, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hą̄han}} Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hanhaną}} Proto-Germanic *hanhaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} hangen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|hang|heng|c=7|w=ede|y=p3}} Forms: strong weak [table-tags], hangen [infinitive], to hangen [infinitive], hange [infinitive], hange [first-person, present, singular], heng [first-person, past, singular], hanged [first-person, past, singular], hangede [first-person, past, singular], hangest [present, second-person, singular], henge [past, second-person, singular], hangedest [past, second-person, singular], hangeth [present, singular, third-person], heng [past, singular, third-person], hanged [past, singular, third-person], hangede [past, singular, third-person], hange [present, singular, subjunctive], henge [past, singular, subjunctive], hanged [past, singular, subjunctive], hangede [past, singular, subjunctive], hange [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], hangen [plural, present], hange [plural, present], hengen [past, plural], henge [past, plural], hangeden [past, plural], hanged [past, plural], hangede [past, plural], hangeth [imperative, plural, present], hange [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], hangynge [participle, present], hangende [participle, present], hangen [participle, past], hange [participle, past], hanged [participle, past], yhanged [participle, past], hongen [alternative]
  1. to hang
    Sense id: en-hangen-enm-verb-e67QvXnJ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "hang"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ],
      "word": "ung"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "hangian",
      "hangian#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*hangēn",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hangēn"
    ],
    [
      "*hangāną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hangāną"
    ],
    [
      "hōn",
      "hon#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*hą̄han",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hą̄han"
    ],
    [
      "*hanhaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hanhaną"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hangian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hangian",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hangēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hangēn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hangāną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hangāną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hą̄han"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hanhaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hanhaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally two distinct verbs:\n* Old English hangian, from Proto-West Germanic *hangēn, from Proto-Germanic *hangāną.\n* Old English hōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "7 or weak in -ede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to hangen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heng",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heng",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hengen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yhanged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hongen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "hangen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hang",
        "2": "heng",
        "c": "7",
        "w": "ede",
        "y": "p3"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hang"
      ],
      "id": "en-hangen-enm-verb-e67QvXnJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "hang",
          "hang"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhanɡən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaːnɡən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɔnɡən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɔːnɡən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hangen"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "hang"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ],
      "word": "ung"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "hangian",
      "hangian#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*hangēn",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hangēn"
    ],
    [
      "*hangāną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hangāną"
    ],
    [
      "hōn",
      "hon#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*hą̄han",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hą̄han"
    ],
    [
      "*hanhaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hanhaną"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hangian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hangian",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hangēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hangēn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hangāną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hangāną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hą̄han"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hanhaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hanhaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally two distinct verbs:\n* Old English hangian, from Proto-West Germanic *hangēn, from Proto-Germanic *hangāną.\n* Old English hōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "7 or weak in -ede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to hangen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heng",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heng",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hengen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hangen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hange",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yhanged",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hongen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "hangen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hang",
        "2": "heng",
        "c": "7",
        "w": "ede",
        "y": "p3"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English class 7 strong verbs",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English verbs",
        "Middle English weak verbs",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hang"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hang",
          "hang"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhanɡən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaːnɡən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɔnɡən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɔːnɡən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hangen"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.