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hend
English
Etymology
From Middle English henden, from Old English *hendan, ?ehendan (“take hold of”), from Proto-Germanic *handijan? (“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): /h?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
hend (third-person singular simple present hends, present participle hending, simple past and past participle hended)
- (obsolete) To take hold of; to grasp, hold.
- 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.
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1
Anagrams
- Dehn
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
hend n (definite singular hendet, indefinite plural hend, definite plural henda)
- (rare) alternative form of hende n
Participle
hend (neuter hendt, definite singular and plural hende)
- past participle of henda
Verb
hend
- imperative of henda
- (non-standard since 2012) supine of henda
References
- “hend” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English henden, from Old English *hendan, ?ehendan, from Proto-West Germanic *handijan.
Verb
hend (simple past hent)
- to hold
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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fend
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Etymology 1
From Middle English fenden (“defend, fight, prevent”), shortening of defenden (“defend”), from Old French deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin d?fend? (“to ward off”), from d?- +? *fend? (“hit, thrust”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??en- (“strike, kill”).
Verb
fend (third-person singular simple present fends, present participle fending, simple past and past participle fended)
- (intransitive) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
- 1990, Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act,[2] U.S. Government Printing Office, page 40,
- Mr. Howley. They are telling him how much they will increase the reimbursement for the total labor cost. The contractor is left to fend as he can.
- Chairman Murphy. Obviously, he can’t fend for any more than the money he has coming in.
- 2003, Scott Turow, Reversible Errors, page 376
- The planet was full of creatures in need, who could not really fend, and the law was at its best when it ensured that they were treated with dignity.
- 1990, Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act,[2] U.S. Government Printing Office, page 40,
- (rare, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).
- With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold.
- 1999, Kuan-chung Lo, Guanzhong Luo, Luo Guanzhong, Moss Roberts, Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel, page 39
- He fends, he blocks, too skillful to be downed.
- 2002, Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor, page 187
- “ […] My age is lot like yours. Lone women do not fare well. If I were not there to fend for you, you—”
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
fend (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being.
Etymology 2
From Middle English f?nd, feond, from Old English f?ond (“adversary, foe, enemy, fiend, devil, Satan”), from Proto-Germanic *fijandz, present participle of **fijan?, from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to hate”). More at fiend.
Noun
fend (plural fends)
- (Britain dialectal) An enemy; fiend; the Devil.
Anagrams
- Fed'n, def'n, defn
Albanian
Alternative forms
- (Gheg) fên(i)
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *spenda, from Proto-Indo-European *spand-, related to Ancient Greek ??????? (sphadáz?, “to shiver, tremble”), Sanskrit ??????? (spandate, “to quiver, shake”), Old Norse fisa (“to fart”), Norwegian fattr (“id”)).
Verb
fend (first-person singular past tense fenda, participle fendur)
- I break wind, fart (silently)
Synonyms
- pjerdh
Derived terms
- fendur (participle)
Related terms
- fendë f (fëndë f)
Further reading
- [3] active verb fend • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
References
French
Verb
fend
- third-person singular present indicative of fendre
Hungarian
Etymology
fen +? -d
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?nd]
- Hyphenation: fend
Verb
fend
- second-person singular imperative present definite of fen
- Synonym: fenjed
Manx
Etymology
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Verb
fend (verbal noun fendeil, past participle fendit)
- to protect, defend
Mutation
Middle English
Noun
fend (plural fendes or fendis)
- Alternative form of feend
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