Bendan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bendan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: trans.

Definitions

1 bendan

p. bende; pp. bended; [bend a band]. I. to BEND; flectere, tendere, intendere :-- He his bogan bendeþ intendit arcum suum, Ps. Th. 57, 6. He bende his bogan arcum suum tetendit, 7, 13. II. to bind, fetter; vincire :-- Sume hí man bende some they bound, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 6, col. 2; Ing. 208, 28; Ælf. Tod. 4. DER. ge-bendan. bendan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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