Trendan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Trendan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (?) Related words: sin-trendet. de

Definitions

1 trendan

to turn, , roll. teres, but perhaps sin-tredende should be read, see tredan = terere. [Let hym rollen and trenden with inne hym self the lyht of his inward syhte in se revolvat intimi lucem visus, Chauc. Boet. 100, 2835. Chaucer also uses bi-trenden, and un-trenden occurs elsewhere. Cf. O. Frs. trind, trund round: Dan. trind.] and next word. trendan

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚱᛖᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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