p. -band, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden To unbind, untie :-- Ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic unbinde (soluam) his sceóþwang, Jn. Skt. 1, 27. 'Æfter his beháte ic ðé unbinde' ... Se engel hire ðá unband, Homl. Th. i. 466, 31. Swá hwæt swá ðú unbindst (solveres) ofer eorðan, ðæt byð unbunden (solutum) on heofonum, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 19: 18, 18. Ðæs fæder tungan his nama unband, Homl. Th. i. 352, 31. Álésde l unband soluit, Ps. Lamb. 104, 20. Unband dissoluit, Cant. Abac. 6. Hiá onfundun fola gibundenne, and unbundun hine, Mk. Skt. Rush. 11, 4. Sceal se láreów hine unbindan fram ðam écum wíte, swá swá ða apostoli líchamlíce Lazarum álýsdon, Homl. Th. i. 234, 14, 9. Ǽr ðon God heó ðæs wræces unbindan wolde, Anglia xi. 2, 24. Æfter þúsend geárum bið Satanas unbunden post mille annos soluetur Satanas, Wulfst. 83, 6. Beón unbunden dissolui (a peccato), Scint. 38, 12. Hí wurdon anbundene, Homl. Th. ii. 20, 8. From synna bendum unbundeno a peccatorum vinculis absolutos, Rtl. 7, 13. [Cf. Goth. and-bindan: O. Sax. ant-bindan: O. H. Ger. int-, in-bindan.]