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on-tendan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
on-tendan, p. -tende; pp. -tended, -tend.
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
to kindle, set fire to, to fire
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  • Gif fýr síe ontended . . . gebéte ðone æfwerdelsan se ðæt fýr ontent,

      L. Alf. pol. 27; Th. i. 50, 27-28.
  • Ontend þreó candela,

      Lchdm. iii. 286, 6.
  • Ðe ðæt fýr ontende

    qui ignem succenderit,

      Ex. 22, 6.
  • Ða hálgan tihton ðæt man ða ofnas ontende (-tænde,

      MSS. C. V.), Homl. Skt. i. 5, 294.
  • Hí on ða burh feohtende wǽron, and eác hí mid fýre ontendan woldon,

      Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 12.
  • Ðonne hé (

    the moon) of hyre (the sun )

    ontend byþ,
      Lchdm. iii. 242, 12.
  • Ontend

    succensus,

      Hpt. Gl. 507, 17.
  • Antend,

      471, 22.
  • Antendne

    succensam, ardentem,

      464, 36.
to kindle emotion or
passion, to excite, inflame
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  • Sume se deófol ontent tó gýtsunge,

      Homl. Th. i. 240, 25.
  • Ðíne gebedu geancsumiaþ mé and ontendaþ,

      458, 4.
Etymology
[O. E. Homl. A. R. Jul. Marh. ontenden: Goth. tandjan to kindle, light; in-tandjan to consume with fire.]
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