On-tendan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

on-tendan

I. add: (1) light">to set on fire so as to consume :-- He ealle ofsloh mid swurdes ecge and ontende þå burh, Hml. S. 25, 416. (2) light">to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the sun :-- Gyf se mona æfter sunnan setlunge ontend byð. . . ne byð he niwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266, 5. (3) to kindle fire, Ll. Th. 1. 50, 27-28 (in Dict.). (4) to heat a furnace, Hml. S. 5, 294 (in Dict.). (5) to burn by exposure to fire :-- He heóld his finger ofer þæt byrnende leóht . . . and his fingras ealle ontende, Hml. A. 196, 49. II. add: to inflame a person with passion, emotion, &c. :-- He wearð mid micclum graman ontend, Hml. S. 28, 54. His mod swiðe wearð ontend on hire gewilnunge to his gålnesse cor Holofornis concussum est: erat ardens in concupiscentia ejus, Hml. A. 111, 289. Antend succenditur (livoris zelo). An. Ox. 2772. Antende inflammantur (superni ardoris facula), 977. on-tendan