Ende

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ende

Add: I. local. (1) the extremity or outermost part, boundary of space:--Se móna went his hrigc tó þǽre sunnan, ꝥ is se sinewealta ende þe þǽr onlýht byð, Lch. iii. 242, 14. Ic wæs áheáwen holtes on ende, Kr. 29. Sǽfæsten landes act ende, Exod. 128. Wǽges æt ende, 466. Æt meres ende, An. 221. On Rómwara ríces ende ymb þæs wæteres stæð, El. 59. Fram þysse eorðan ende ab extremo terrae, Ps. Th. 134, 7. Seó sunne gǽð on æfnunge under þyssere eorðan . . . heó eft on óþerne ende úp ástíhð, Lch. iii. 240, 17. (1 a) a limit of magnitude or multitude:--Micelnise his nis ende magnitudinis ejus non est finis, Ps. Srt. 144, 3. (1 b) the part of a surface near the boundary:--Hæcgwerde gebyreð ꝥ man his geswinces leán gecnáwe on þám endum ðe tó etenlǽse licgan (in eam partem segetis que pascuis adjacet), Ll. Th. i. 440, 13. (2) a region, quarter, cf. side. (a) of the world:--On feówer endum þyses middangeardes (per quatuor mundi cardines) . . . on eáste-weardum . . ., Ors. 2, 1; S. 58, 31: Bl. H. 93, 5: 95, 13. (b) a district of a country, especially an official division:--Hé hié on þone bismerlecestan eard gesette, þæt wæs on ðǽm ýtemestan ende his monna cum foedissima ignominia in exercitu Antigoni dispersi sunt, Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 35. Bidde ic míne arceb and ealle míne leódb., ꝥ hý ealle neód-fulle beón ymbe Godes gerihta ǽlc on his ende þe heom betǽht is, Cht. E. 230, 15. Hæsten hergode on his ríce þone ilcan ende þe his cumpæder healdan sceolde, Chr. 894; P. 87, 1. Hé cóm intó Afenan múðan and hergode ofer eall þone ende, 1067; P. 203, 12. (c) a division of an army:--Hé fór on þone ende Hannibales folces þe hé self on wæs, Ors.4, 9; S. 192, 12. Hé beseah tó þǽre swýðran healfe . . . and hí tódrifon þone ende, ac him æfter eóde ꝥ óðer gefylce, Hml. S. 25, 669. (d) quarters in a building :-- Heó is genyrwed on þone ende þe þá gesceádwísan wuniað, Hml. Th. i. 536, 19. (e) in an indefinite sense, side, quarter :-- Beó man georne ymbe feós bóte ǽghwár on earde, and ymb burhbóte on ǽghwylcan ende, Ll. Th. i. 310, 23 : 322, 32 : Wlfst. 268, 6. (3) the extremity of a line or long object :-- Ðá stánas licggeað æt ǽlcre strǽte ende, Past. 133, 9. Hwílum ic on wicge ríde herges on ende, Rä. 78, 8. Ende calcem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 34. Æfter strǽta endum, Past. 135, 3. (3 a) part of the human body (?) :-- Gif nýten sig mannes ende besmiten si bestia a viro sit polluta, Ll. Th. ii. 144, 10. (4) end">part, proportion (N. E. D. end, 5 c) :-- Hé him ánum deádum lytle mildheortnesse gedyde . . . þe hé siþþan nánum ende (not at all, in no instance) his cynne gedón nolde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 17. Hé ofslóh mycelne ende þes folces (mycel folc, má þonne .xxx. gódera þegena bútan óðrum folce, v. ll.), Chr. 1052 ; P. 178, 9. II. with reference to time or serial order. (1) close of a period, conclusion of an action or continuous state or course of events :-- Aldres ende, B. 822. Him weorðeð ende lífes, Ph. 365. Ende cymeð dógorrímes, 484. Wuldres ende, An. 1059. Ende nǽfre þínes wræces weorðeð, 1384. Ꝥ wite þe nǽfre nǽnig ende ne becymeþ, Bl. H. 51, 31. Gefeá bútan ende, Hml. Th. i. 460, 19. Á bútan ǽnigum ende, Nar. 49, 19. Þá wæs hyra tíres æt ende, Jud. 272 : Dóm. 2 : Cri. 1030. Is nú ende feor þæt wé sceolun ætsomne súsel þrowian it is far from the end of the time during which we must suffer together, i. e. our sufferings will never end, Sat. 40. Oð his lífes ende, Chr. 709; P. 41, 35. Þes dæg hæfð ǽlcere wucan frymþe and ende, Bl. H. 133, 6. Gewinnes ende gereccan, Gú. 106. Ðisses eorðweges ende gescrífan, Ps. Th. 118, 87. Oþ ende in finem, 102, 9 : 111, 8. Wiþ ende, 67, 16: 73, 10. (1 a) the end of all things :-- Beóð fela frecednyssa on mancynne ǽr þan þe se ende becume, Hml. Th. i. 2, 30. Hé eft æt þám ende eallum wealdeð monna cynne, Gn. Ex. 137. (2) the concluding part of a period, action, &c. :-- On ðínum endum in novissimis tuis, Kent. Gl. 707. Endas extrema, 483. (3) the terminal point of a series, in phrases expressing completeness :-- God is fruma and ende ǽlces gódes, Bt. 80, 10. Cyninga wuldor, fruma and ende (cf. Ego sum α et α, principium et finis, dicit Dominus Deus, Rev. 1, 8), An. 556. Ic þé secgan wille ór and ende, 649. Ongeat cyning ord and ende þæs þe him ýwed wæs, Dan. 162. From orde oþILLEGIBLE ende forð, El. 590. Ór gecýðan oð ende forð, Jul. 353. (4) termination of existence :-- Ealle þá gewítaþ swá swá wolcn . . . þyllic bið se ende þæs líchoman fægernesse, Bl. H. 59, 21. Ǽlc fǽgernes tó ende efsteþ, 57, 28: 59, 26. Bútan ǽr God ende worulde wyrcan wille, Seel. 13. (4 a) of persons, death :-- Þurh hwelces monnes hond mín ende wǽre getiód cujus mortem percussoris manu cauendam habeam, Nar. 31, 18. Oþ þæt ende becwóm, swylt æfter synnum, B. 1254. Ǽr þám syxtan dæge his endes (ændes, v. l.) . . . hé his ende (ænde, v. l.) getrymede ante sextum exitus sui diem . . . exitum suum munivit, Gr. D. 175, 14, 18. Hé him æt his ende grim geweorþeþ, Bl. H. 25, 13. Hé þǽr wunode tó his ende, Chr. 633 ; P. 26, 23. Ǽr his ende, Shrn. 50, 13. Mon heora líchoman ætsomne ne byrgde at heora ende, 35, 21. (4 b) (end">latter, last) end :-- Þám ýtemestan ende suprema sorte, An. Ox. 1990. Þæt him feóndes hond æt þám ýtmestan ende ne scóde, Gú. 414. (5) final state :-- Ic (the soul) uncres gedáles onbád earfoþlíce; nis nú húru se ende tó gód, Seel. 38. (6) completion of action, æt ende finished :-- Swefn wæs æt ende, Dan. 524: Exod. 267. Eall ꝥ mon untídlíce onginþ, næfþ hit nó æltǽwne ende, Bt. 5, 2 ; F. 10, 28: Hy. 2, 13. Þus þá æðelingas ende gesealdon thus those noble ones made end, Ap. 85. (7) issue, event :-- Hé in eóde þæt hé gesáwe ðone ende, Mt. 26, 58. Hú gelíce onginn þá twá byrg hæfdon . . . ac hiora anwalda endas wǽron swíþe ungelíce similis Babylonis ortus et Romae . . . tamen non similis exitus similisve defectus, Ors. 2, 1; S. 64, 5. (8) end to be attained, goal :--Sege hwelces endes ǽlc angin wilnige . . . Hú mæg þæt beón, nú þú ꝥ angin wást, ꝥ þú eác þone ende nyte, Bt. 5, 3; F. 12, 18, 24, 35. Willniað ealle þurh mistlice paþas cuman tó ánum ende, ꝥ is ꝥ hí wilniaþ þurh ungelíce earnunga cuman tó ánre eádignesse omnis mortalium cura diverso quidem calle procedit, sed ad unum tamen beatitudinis finem nititur pervenire, 24, 1; F. 80, 8. (9) in phrases. (a) æt (þám) ende in the end, ultimately :-- Æt þám ende ne beheóld hit nán þing seó scipfyrding búton folces geswinc, Chr. 999 ; P. 133, 9. Wearð hit fram dæge tó dæge lætre and wyrre swá hit æt þám ende eall geférde, 1066; P. 200, 6. Ǽfre hí æt eude sige áhton, 998; P. 131, 16. Húru æt þám ende ne tweóde þæs leánes þe heó lange gyrnde, Jud. 346. (b) in ende,UNCERTAIN always, to the last:-- Nales in ende (in finem) ofergeotulnis bið ðearfena, Ps. Srt. 9, 19. (c) on (þám) ende in the end, ultimately :-- Þéh þá hláfordas on þǽm ende hæfdon heánlíce sige, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 1. Ðæs ðý wyrse wíte hié sculon habban on ende gravius quippe extrema ultione feriendi sunt, Past. 231, 14: Ps. Th. 58, 12. (d) on ende on end, continuously, consecutively, without omission or intermission :-- Hit man ǽfre on ende for áne híde werian scolde, C. D. iii. 112, 23 ; Ps. Th. 78, 5. Heó eorlum on ende (to all in succession) ealuwǽge bær, B. 2021. III. kind, sort :-- Hé sealde ꝥ betste hors and þæs fægerestan endes (heówes, híues, eondes, v. ll.) Aidane donauerat equum optimum Aidano, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 257, 1. Ne hæfdon wit monig óþer uncýmran hors and óðres endes (eondes, híwes, v. ll.) numquid non habuimus equos uiliores uel alias species, Sch. 258, 4. v. norþeást-, norþwest-, rihtwest-, súþeást-, úp-, westsuþ-ende. ende,-ende