ge-bendan
- verb [ weak ]
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He hornbogan hearde gebendaþ
confrēgit cornua arcuum,
- Ps. Th. 75, 3 .
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He gebende his bogan
he bent his bow,
- Homl. Th. i. 502, 15 .
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Of gebendum bogan
from a bended bow,
- Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 28, 2 .
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Swá gebend he wæs wuniende, óþ he his líf forlét
he remained so bound until he gave up his life,
- Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 103, 1 .
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Hieremias se wítega wearþ oft gebend
Jeremiah the prophet was often in bonds,
- Ælfc. T. 18, 23 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-bendan.” 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/13619.
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