hend

Meanings

hend¹

verbhend (third-person singular simple present hends, present participle hending, simple past and past participle hended)

present singular third person hends · participle present hending · participle past hended · past hended

obsoleteTo take hold of; to grasp, hold.
Presently the cloud opened and behold, within it was that Jinni hending in hand a drawn sword, while his eyes were shooting fire sparks of rage.
1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, volume 1
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She flew at him like to an hellish feend, And on his shield tooke hold with all her might, As if that it she would in peeces rend, Or reave out of the hand that did it hend
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

hend²

adjective

obsoletepoeticPleasant in manner, courteous, gentle, kind.

Origin

hend · verb

Proto-Germanic*handijaną“to grasp; grab by hand”
Old English*hendan
Middle Englishhenden
Englishhend

From Middle English henden, from Old English *hendan, ġehendan (“take hold of”), from Proto-Germanic *handijaną (“to grasp; grab by hand”). Cognate with Old Frisian henda (“to take hold of; seize”), Icelandic henda (“to take hold of by hand; seize; fling”).

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hend · adjective