Middle English Dictionary Entry

lẹ̄nden v.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To come (to a place, to sb., into sb.); also, arrive at (a place); ~ of, come from; -- also refl.; (b) to come together, assemble; also, be united (in wedlock); ben lent, live with (sb.), be associated with; (c) of an emotion: to come (to sb.), be felt (by sb.); of pride: come (into someone's heart); of light: be shed (upon sb.); of vengeance or cursing: fall (upon sb.); -- with in, on, upon; (d) to come ashore, land; come (to land); of a ship: come to land, rest against the shore, rest (on the ground); of fish: be stranded.
2.
(a) To go, move on, journey; travel (by land or sea); ~ ayen, go back; ~ of, depart from; ~ to, go to (sb. or sth.); -- also refl.; (b) ~ ayen(es, to go or come against (sb.), fight against, confront; (c) ~ from, to withdraw (sth.), remove.
3.
(a) To live (in a place), reside, dwell; live (in a person); also inhabit (a place); of animals or birds: have a habitat; (b) to stay temporarily (with sb., in a place), rest, remain; sit, stand; (c) to live or remain (in a state or condition), continue (in an activity); ~ neue, be continually renewed; ~ in lif, remain alive; ben lent on, be engaged in (sports); -- also refl.; (d) to delay, wait, tarry; for cost ~, spare for any expense; (e) to go on living, survive; (f) of love: to be fixed (on sb.); hit lendeth litel in, there is little potency in (their threat); (g) as riming tag.
4.
(a) To place (sb.), assign a place or residence to, settle; put (a body in the grave); refl. take up one's residence, settle; ben lent, be placed or established, sit, stand, dwell; (b) to establish (idolatry); maintain (life in sb.); ben lent on (to, in), be fixed on (sb. or sth.), be dependent upon.