Meaning of colgar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to hang
2. to hang up
3. Equivalent to 'Hang': A percussion instrument invented and built by PANArt Hangbau AG, somewhat resembling a steelpan, consisting of two metal half shells with tuned notes...

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“Et hũus dizem que o enforcou com̃o a falsario; mays o arçebispo dom Rrodrigo, por apostar sua parauoa, diz que morreu colgado.”

And some say that he hanged him as a liar; but archbishop Don Rodrigo, to straighten his word, says he died hanged.

“Demays tĩjña ẽna mão hũ ençẽçario de hũ topaz moy claro et moy rrico, colgado de hũus fíos de ouro enlaçados et laurados a moy grã nobreza.”

Besides, he had in his hand a censer made of very rich and clear topaz, hanging from some gold threads tied and worked in the most noble manner

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