hend

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛnd/
• Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To take hold of; to grasp, hold.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1

     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.

Anagrams

• Dehn