bendan
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bandijaną (“to bind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈben.dɑn/
Verb
bendan
- to bind
- to bend a bow
Conjugation
Conjugation of bendan (weak class 1)
infinitive | bendan | bendenne |
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indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | bende | bende |
2nd-person singular | bendest, benst, bentst | bendest |
3rd-person singular | bendeþ, bent | bende |
plural | bendaþ | bendon |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | bende | bende |
plural | benden | benden |
imperative | ||
singular | bend | |
plural | bendaþ | |
participle | present | past |
bendende | bended |
Descendants
- Middle English: benden
- English: bend
- Scots: bend
Related terms
- bindan
Further reading
- bendan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary