hende

See also: hendé

English

Etymology

From Old English ġehende.

Adjective

hende (comparative more hende, superlative most hende)

1. (obsolete) Near, close at hand, handy.
2. (obsolete) Courteous, gracious.

   • Late 14th century: Oure Hoost þo spak, “A, sire, ye sholde be hende / And curteys, as a man of youre estaat” — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Friar's Prologue’, Canterbury Tales (OUP 1988, p. 122)
   • 14th century: And if he were so hende and so wis / Þat she ne myȝt al abate his pris, / Yit wolde she blame his worþynesse / Or by hir wordis make it lesse. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose (OUP 1988, p. 689-90)

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Danish

Pronoun

hende (nominative hun, possessive hendes)

1. (personal) objective case of hun (“she”): her

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common(noun)	den		dens
		neuter(noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		achaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ende.

Noun

hende

1. Alternative form of ende (“end”)

Etymology 2

From Old English æned.

Noun

hende

1. Alternative form of ende (“duck”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse henda

Verb

hende (present tense hender, past tense hendte, past participle hendt)

1. to happen, occur

Derived terms

• hendelse

References

• “hende” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hende_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse henda

Verb

hende (present tense hender, past tense hende, past participle hendt, passive infinitive hendast, present participle hendande, imperative hend)

1. to happen, occur

Alternative forms

• henda

References

• “hende” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese gente and Spanish gente and Kabuverdianu gentis.

Noun

hende

1. man (human being)
2. person
3. someone