Meanings
verb
- archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of hang
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 26:7
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*hangōþi
- Old Englishhangaþ
- Middle Englishhangeth
- Englishhangeth
From Middle English hangeth, hongeth, from Old English hangaþ, hongaþ (“hangeth; hangs”, verb), from Proto-Germanic *hangōþi, equivalent to hang + -eth (archaic third-person singular present tense suffix).
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APA
hangeth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hangeth
MLA
“hangeth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hangeth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hangeth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hangeth.
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