ybent

English

Alternative forms

• ibent

Etymology

From Middle English ybende, i-bente, from Old English *ġebended, past participle of Old English bendan as well as ġebendan. Equivalent to y- +‎ bend +‎ -t.

Verb

ybent

1. (obsolete) past participle of bend: bent
   • 1567, George Turbervile, Of the Tormets of Hell and the Paines of Loue:

     Though Tytius doe indure his Liuer to be rent Of Vultures tyring on the same unto his spoyle ybent:

   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “December. Aegloga Duodecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, →OCLC, folios 49, recto – 49, verso:

     And for I was in thilke ſame looſer yeares, / (Whether the Muſe, ſo wrought me from my birth, / Or I tomuch beleeued my ſhepherd peres) / Somedele ybent to ſong and muſicks mirth, / A good olde ſhephearde, Wrenock was his name, / Made me by arte more cunning in the ſame.

   • 1611, William Shakespeare, The Troublesome Raigne of King Iohn:

     My boy shew me thy hand, blesse thee my boy, For in thy palme I see a many troubles are ybent to dwel, But thou shalt scape them all, and doe full well.

Anagrams

• Tenby, benty