Á-tendan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

á-tendan

Add: I. to light up :--Swá swá seó sunne hine (the moon) átent, Lch. iii. 266, 25 note. II. to expose to severe trial :--Wé wǽron átende grimlíce swýðe ǽr wé mihton þás geréna áspyrian, Angl. viii. 312, 48. III. to excite, inflame :--Fram átendendum his deófle ab accensore suo demone, Scint. 208, 4. a-tendan