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bend

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
bend, bænd, e; f : es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §376; §562;
A band, bond, ribbon, a chaplet, crown, ornament; vinculum, ligamen, diadema; What ties, binds, or bends
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  • Ðæt benda onlýseþ

    that looseneth bonds

    • Exon. 8 b
    • ;
    • Th. 5, 12
    • ;
    • Cri. 68.
  • On láþne bend

    in a loathsome bond

    • Cd. 225
    • ;
    • Th. 298, 27
    • ;
    • Sat. 539
    • .
  • Heora bendas towearp

    vincula eorum disrupit

    • Ps. Th. 106, 13 : 115, 7 : 149, 8.
  • Ða benda sumes gehæftes

    vincula cujusdam captivi

    • Bd. 4, 22
    • ;
    • S. 590, 28.
  • Ðá Iohannes on bendum gehýrde Cristes weoruc

    Joannes cum audisset in vinculis opera Christi

    • Mt. Bos. 11, 2.
  • Bend agimmed and gesmiðed

    diadema

    • Ælfc. Gl. 64
    • ;
    • Som. 69, 12
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 40, 46
    • .
  • Mid golde gesiwud bend

    nimbus

    • 64
    • ;
    • Som. 69, 13.
Derived forms
ancor-bend, fýr-, hell-, hyge-, íren-, searo-, wæl-, wíte-
Linked entries
v.  bænd beand BEN.
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  • bend, n.