For-tendan

Según el Diccionario de Inglés Antiguo:

for-tendan

p. -tende [ = -tendede], pl. -tendon; pp. -tended [for-, tendan to burn] To burn off or away, sear; inūrĕre :-- Ðǽm mǽdencildum [MS. -cildan], ða wíf fortendon ðæt swýðre breóst fóran, ðæt hit weaxan ne sceolde, ðæt hí hæfden ðý strengran scyte; forðon hí mon hét on Creácisc Amázanas, ðæt is on Englisc fortende from the female children, the women burnt off the right breast so far that it should not grow, that they might have stronger shot; therefore, they are called in Greek Amazons, that is in English seared, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 10-13. The Latin of Ors. is, -- fēmĭnas stŭdiōse nutriunt, inustis infantium dexteriōrĭbus mamillis, ne sagittārum jactus impĕdīrentur, unde Amāzŏnes dictæ, Ors. Hav. Lib. I. Cap. xv, p. 65, 3-4. [Amazons = GREEK, GREEK, pl. f. GREEK without, GREEK a breast, or GREEK, GREEK intensive, and GREEK to dry, parch, or sear.] for-tendan