Ge-bendan

Menurut Kamus Old English:

-bændan;

ge-bendan

p. -bende; pp. -bended, -bend. I. to bend; flectĕre, tendĕre :-- He hornbogan hearde gebendaþ confrēgit cornua arcuum, Ps. Th. 75, 3. He gebende his bogan he bent his bow, Homl. Th. i. 502, 15. Of gebendum bogan from a bended bow, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 28, 2. II. to bind, fetter; vincīre :-- Swá gebend he wæs wuniende, óþ he his líf forlét he remained so bound until he gave up his life, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 103, 1. Hieremias se wítega wearþ oft gebend Jeremiah the prophet was often in bonds, Ælfc. T. 18, 23. DER. bendan. ge-bendan