for-tendan
- verb [ weak ]
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Ðǽm mǽdencildum [MS. -cildan], ða wíf fortendon ðæt swýðre breóst fóran, ðæt hit weaxan ne sceolde, ðæt hí hæfden ðý strengran scyte; forðon hí mon hét on Creácisc Amázanas, ðæt is on Englisc fortende
from the female children, the women burnt off the right breast so far that it should not grow, that they might have stronger shot; therefore, they are called in Greek Amazons, that is in English seared,
- Ors. 1, 10 ;
- Bos. 33, 10-13 .
— fēmĭnas stŭdiōse nutriunt, inustis infantium dexteriōrĭbus mamillis, ne sagittārum jactus impĕdīrentur, unde Amāzŏnes dictæ,
- Ors. Hav. Lib. I. Cap. xv, p. 65, 3-4.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-tendan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11798.
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