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) her (objective case of hun (“she”))

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Inflection	Nominative	Accusative	Possessive	Reflexive	Reflexive possessive
Singular	First	common	jeg	mig	min
		neuter			mit
		plural			mine
	Second	common	du	dig	din
		neuter			dit
		plural			dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine	han	ham	hans	sig	sin
		feminine	hun	hende	hendes
		common	den	den	dens
		neuter	det	det	dets		sit
		plural					sine
Plural	First	—	vi	os	vores
		common			vor
		neuter			vort
		plural			vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres	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