To hang or suspend something; to decorate by hanging things upon a surface.
Be- (causative) + hang (from Old English hon, Old Norse hengja). The prefix be- creates a verb meaning 'to cause to hang' or 'to arrange in hanging fashion,' often used for draping or decoration.
Behang connects to our modern word 'hangings'—the tapestries and decorative cloths—showing how this old verb once meant what we now describe with 'hang up' or 'decorate,' but English preferred simpler expressions over time.
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