To sing hymns about someone or something; to celebrate or honor in the manner of a hymn.
From 'be-' prefix + 'hymn'. Similar to other 'be-' verbs, it transforms the noun 'hymn' into a verb meaning to hymn or sing about something.
Medieval poets used 'behymn' to describe celebrating great deeds—it's the musical equivalent of immortalizing someone. The pattern shows how Renaissance writers could create verbs on the fly simply by adding 'be-'.
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