A-tendan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - a-tendan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

a-tendan
p. de; pp. ed; [a intensive, tendan to tind, set on fire] To set on fire, kindle, inflame; accendere, incendere, inflammare :-- Hí atendon hiora herebeácen they kindled their war-beacons, Chr. 1006; Th. 256, 24, col. 1. Hí mid fýre atendan woldan they wished to set it on fire, Chr. 994; Th. 241, 32, col. 2. a-tendan

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