Éhtend
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - éhtend
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- éhtend
- Add: I. a pursuer, assailant (cf. éhtan, I, III):--Scipia sǽde þæt hé þára ǽlces éhtend wolde beón, swá swá his feóndes, þe þæs wordes wǽre þæt from þóhte Scipio said he would pursue with relentless hostility every one who voted for leaving Rome, Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 24. Gyf man méte ꝥ hé geseón ne mæge, lǽre ic hine ꝥ hé him wið his éhtend beorge, Lch. iii. 174, 28. II. a persecutor:--Hé (Nero) wæs monna ǽrest éhtend crístenra monna, Ors. 6, 5; S. 262, 5. Oehtende persecutore, Rtl. 64, 16. Hié wǽren crístenra monna éhtend, Ors. 6, 10; S. 264, 27. Oehtendum persecutoribus, Mk. L. R. 10, 30.