Middle English Dictionary Entry
lẹ̄nden v.
Entry Info
Forms | lẹ̄nden v. Also lē̆nden, lend(e, leind(e & lind, liende. Forms: p. lẹ̄nd(e, lē̆nd(e, (early) lænde & lẹ̄nded, lē̆nded, (error) lendend & lent(e; ppl. lẹ̄nd(e, lē̆nd(e, lened & lẹ̄nded, lē̆nded, ilēndet & lent(e, ilent. |
Etymology | OE lendan |
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.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)81 : Þe holigost with-Inne þe schal lenden and lihte.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)504 : Of vche goodschipe Pees is ende, Ne fayleþ no weole þer heo wol lende.
- c1390 Heil beo þou Marie Mylde (Vrn)7 : God..seide þat þe holygost Schulde in þi bodi lende.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Knt.PW (Phys-E)p.144 : For wormes suld his sawel haf rended Quar sa euer it suld haf lended [vr. hit hedde i-leendet] Yef he no hauid wel ben scriuen.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10883 : Þe haligast in þe sal lend [Trin-C: com], And godds might in þe descend.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.303 : Þai mad hir [read: him] þer present, Scotlond of him to hold euer withouten ende, If he in luf wold as lord vnto þam lende.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)201 : Of what londe art þou lent..& what is þyn arnde?
- c1350 St.Greg.(Cleo D.9)70/385 : Riȝt to þe abbot he was ylent.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)7/31 : Þis swore þe duke and all his men And al þe lordes þat with him lend.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)638 : By þe seuen wekes were comen to ende, In þe lande of Artas gun he lende.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)851 : The kyng..sawe whare þe grippe was lent.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)1816 : Þer wiste no man..Whedirwarde he wolde ryde..Ne whedir he wolde lende.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)611 : To þe castelle are þay went; On a laund are þay lent [vr. lente] By a forest syd.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)3294 : Thay been in thy lond lent.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)393 : Qwen þe day-raw rase he rysis be-lyfe, Lendis a-lande fra þe loft & left hire with child.
- a1450 As I me lend (Sln 2593)1 : As I me lend to a lend, I herd a schepperde makyn a schowte.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1999 : As he [Cuthbert]..nerehande to þe house leend, he went his way, þe wyked fende.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)4488 : To morne or none to þe leendys Fyue hundreth of þi best frendys.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38:Vietor)2181 : Ȝyt hyt schamyþ þe maystyr..Jn what londe þat euyr þey lende.
b
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)5329 : Iacob..preied þo þat þere were lent To here a litil of his entent.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1084 : For aungelles..And alle hende..Aboutte my Lady watz lent quen ho delyver were.
- a1425 Templ.Dom.(Add 32578)336 : Weddynge with lawfull entent ffor-dos clene all synne & vice Of man & wife in wedloke lent.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)354 : Þis sondismen sadly to þe cite ȝede, Þer þe lordes of þe londe lent weren alle.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)967 : A sterre..to þe kynges þer þai wer lent..con aper.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)1210 : In one trinite thre persouns ben to-geder lent.
- c1450 Eglam.(Clg A.2)87 : Sethen þou was a chylde Thow hast ben lened with me.
c
- a1350 Bytuene mersh (Hrl 2253)25 : Leuedi, al for þine sake longinge is ylent me on.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26788 : And oft his wrak on þam sua lendes, Þat þai er ded wit-vten amendes.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)472 : Vnto his lare I tak me þen; his pese in me might lend.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)29322 : Þe elleuynd poynt [of cursing] opon þam lendes Þat witandly with-haldes tendes.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Ihesu god sone (Cmb Dd.5.64)25 : Langyng es in me lent, for lufe þat I ne kan lete.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1370 : Þan thurgh eggyng of þe fende, A highnes in hir hert myght lend.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)375/47 : Such light gune on vs lende In paradise full playne.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)294/35 : Sich light can on vs leynd In paradyse full playn.
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2141 : Þe steoressmann Aȝȝ lokeþþ till an steorrne..Swa þatt he muȝhe lendenn rihht To lande.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)733 : In humber grim bigan to lende, In lindesye, Rith at þe north ende.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)75 : To þe mariners he ȝaf largeliche, Þat brouȝten him ouer bleþeliche To þe londe þar he wold lende.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2932 : Ȝif it so bes In inglond þat we lende, No say nouȝt what þou ses Bot hold.
- c1330 Horn Child (Auch)850 : In Inglond ariued were þay..Vnder awode þer þai gan lende.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1868 : Þe schipp on land bigan to lend; On armonie þar con it stand.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)130 : Al by water þey gan wynde, And at Troy gan þey lende.
- c1440(a1350) Isumb.(Thrn)508 : A schippe he fonde alle redy ȝare..In Acris gunne thay lende.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)1061 : By þe monethe was comen to ende, In the lande of Egippe gun þay lende.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3670 : Lond on to lende, ne fond we nought.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)5435 : Þat place whare þe fische leende Na thing to the monkys pertende.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)615 : On þer seuende day har schyp lente At Japhet.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)988 : To the bote they yede..And whan they come there as it lente, They by-held it faste.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)2473 : Hyr wille was for to wende To An hauen there it stode, As men were leueste for to lende.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)3059 : Arthur sone hathe take the land That hym was leveste in to lende.
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.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)201/4277 : Þai lende ouer þe se beliue; At Souþhamtoun þai gonne vp riue.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)207 : Þenne he seiȝ..A child cominge..Siþen lenges a while and a-ȝein lendes wiþ-outen faute oþer faus.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)709 : Þei lenden of þe toun and leuen hit þere.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.186 : In þe se sailand he lendes toward Lumbardie.
- ?a1400 Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)3052 : Lende [Lamb: Brenne in-til ffraunce gan wende].
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)221 : He paste vp to þe Palais & preualy entirs, Þat he miȝt lend þare on loft & luke on þe qwene.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)379 : And to the ladi lere he lendid in haste.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1980 : Lend agayn to þi lande, nowe quen þou leue hauys.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2440 : Now fonndis furth þe fell kyng..Lendis him to Lacedoyne.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2591 : [Alexander] mas a brig ouire þe bourne..Þan mas he laddis ouire to lend.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3193 : Þire traitours..Lendis [Dub: Lenden] þaim on-loft to þe lord, laȝt out swerdis.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)160/263 : Homwarde ȝe wende and to your placys ȝe lende.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)144/107 : A! lord..whens euer this selcouth light dyscende, And shewyd to me ther I can leynd thus bright shynand?
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)323/558 : In ilk contree where so we lende By nyght or day..Thus shall we say.
b
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1942 : We þan lift vp a lite & lent [Dub: rydyn] him a-gayne..& him in þe fyld metis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3849 : Lebards lendis þaim agaynes leons & beres..& of þir derfe Tigirs..þaim maynly assailed.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3902 : Leons quyte as lylly lent þam agayn.
c
- a1350 Bytuene mersh (Hrl 2253)11 : From alle wymmen mi loue is lent, ant lyht on Alysoun.
- c1450 Euery man schulde (Lamb 853)26 : Lete fleischeli knowynge from þee be lent.
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.
Associated quotations
a
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)5772 : A wolde be ys frend for eueremo, On what lond þat he lende.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.Euphr.(Vrn)672 : He wolde..Graunten vs heuene wiþouten eende, Wiþ him þerin for to leende.
- c1390 In worschupe (Vrn)116 : From synne and serwe schylde hem sone, Wher in londe þat euer þei lende!
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2379 : Abram..Com and lended, he and þai, Biside sichen in a valay.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2473 : Þat land to leind in [Frf: lende; Göt: won in] loth thoght best.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2966 : Abraham..dred þe folk was ful o pride, Quils he war lendand [Frf: dwelled; Göt: was liuand; Trin-C: lyued] þam biside.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)5375 : I giue him woningsted to lend For euer mar widuten end.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.329 : For he had mayntend þe werre at his myght, On lordschip lended þore he had no right..His body þei hewe on foure quarters.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)682 : In þe huse of Iacob þan sall he lende & regne in heuen withouten ende.
- a1425(?a1400) Penny (Glb E.9)51 : Þare strif was, peni makes pese; of all angers he may relese, in land whare he will lende.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)85/357 : With þe, lord, will I lif and lend.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)21481 : Lucius tiberion so fre..To arthur kyng in britaine lendes Þat he has seruede same he him sendes.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)141 : For na man ne wald scho spare Till his chambir for to fare, Whare þat he gan lende.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)834 : The lady dryues..Till an ile..Þare wilde bestis gan lende.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4272 : We þat..in an ylde lyue & lende..ȝe ne wil passe vs forby.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)149/2532 : What, deuyl, schalt þou þer lenger lende with grete penaunce in þat castel colde?
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)190/150 : Here is full faire dwellyng for vs, A lykand place in for to lende.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)2171 : Þei sall lend in this land with mornyng and myscheue.
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.8 : These ar luf peramourus, that..Dose me lyȝte and lynd [vrr. laft, lenge] lau in in a lake.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)719 : On englisch marche sall þou lende, And turne fele folk fra þe fende.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)2361 : Þar war many crawes lendand In cuthbert tyme at farne eland.
- c1455 Spec.Miser.(Tak 32)898 : Deffende my sowle froo the feende; Presente hit bee fore goddis syghtte Wt yow Endlesly fore to leende.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)9 : A stounde and ye woll lyst be-Dene, Ale dowghtty men..Wher So that they lende.
- a1500(a1450) St.Robt.Knares.(Eg 3143)875 : Here my wounyng chese I fyrste; Here wyll I leynd, her wyll I ly, In this place perpetuely.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)102/80 : God..send theym good mendyng..And with the to be lendyng When that thou callys.
- a1500 Methodius(3) (Stw 953)843 : So xall a deuyll descende In-to a woman..& in þat lothely lodge xall lende At certen tyme here wombe with-ynne.
b
- a1350 Opon a somer (LdMisc 108)8 : In launde vnder lynde me leste to lende [rime: ende, wende, hende] And Lenede.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1466 : Sone were þe messagers made mildli at ese, while hem liked lende.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)2515 : Scho lended þare ay whils hir lyst..And sythen o-gayn gan scho ga.
- c1390 Frenschipe faileþ (Vrn)22 : Hem luste no lengore with þe to lende [rime: frende].
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)125 : Vndur a lorere ful lowe þat ladi gan leende.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10776 : A duu þat was fra heuen send Þare lighted dun and þar-on lend [Trin-C: lent].
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)1039 : Here may y no lenger lende; Nedes from þe þou wylt me sende.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.18 : Unto þe somerestide þer gan he lende.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1002 : Þe olde auncian wyf heȝest ho syttez; Þe lorde lufly her by lent, as I trowe.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1100 : Ȝe lende, & I schal erly ryse; On huntyng wyl I wende.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)28/45 : Þai lended þare bot litill while.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2058 : Þus þe lyon and þe knyght Lended þare a fouretenyght.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)18508 : He sette his wit and al his tent To wete than where the ladies lent.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)414 : Lyghte, and lende alle nyghte.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)244 : Þay putt vp pavilyons ronde, And lendid [vr. loggede] þere þat nyghte.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)1576 : A prowd foster gan þam see On launde þer þay lende.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)9645 : Longe þey lendend [vr. lenged] by þat cost & gedered þere anoþer host.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)178 : No lengere þere þen wolde he lende; He takes hys leue.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)200/202 : I may no lenger lende..to Jerusalem will I wende.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)5175 : Þen lyst þem þore no langer lend, bot ylk man went at þer awn wyll.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)243/15 : He passed into the castell, and there he lendis and comfortis the carefull men.
- c1475(c1420) Page SRouen (Eg 1995)p.28 : The kyng..With yn Chartyr howse with yn dyd lyende [vr. lende] Tylle the masse was at ende.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)565 : For here I may no lenger lend.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)3768 : Ye be welcome as oure frende..Were it yower wyll with vs to lende Thys one nyght.
- a1500(a1450) St.Robt.Knares.(Eg 3143)130 : Þis man..yode To hys frenshipe and hys frendys, Bott lytell while wyth thaym he lendys.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)85/236 : For longer here may I not leynd.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)96/352 : Thus long where haue ye lent?
c
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)63/144 : God..ȝife us swa his wil to donne..þet we nabben wil to sunegen..Ne mare þene þo engles efden þet in godes luue heo heom lende.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)484 : He sall haue welth with-outen ende In lastand blis with me to lende.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)1922 : Seth..vnto god fast gan he cry Of Adam for to haue mercy..So þat he myght in lykyng lend.
- c1390 In a Chirche (Vrn)82 : Ȝif we..ay in loue and leute leende, Of crist..we mow craue Þat Ioye þat schal neuer haue ende.
- a1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)386 : Kepe hom, lord..And gyue hom grace to last & lende In þi seruyce.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)754 : He mad þam þat þai moght Sin or leue..To bu and liue wit-outen end, Or elles o ded in langur lend.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8145 : He gaf him al..for to lend in his seruis.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9951 : Þe leme o light ai lendes [Ld: lemys] neu, Þat menges wit þaa colurs heu.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28258 : Þe tyme þat ic in lijf has lende, In idel-nes ic haue it spende.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1319 : Þe lorde of þe londe is lent on his gamnez, To hunt in holtez & heþe at hyndez barayne.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)7/257 : Saint Andrew..was lifted to heuyn, Whore he lendes in ay lastand blis.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)28850 : Saynt Aniane..Sais almus..lenkithes men in life to lende.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)37/239 : A while in riches sall ȝe lend, And be beggers with-outen end.
- ?a1425 Dial.Bern.& V.(1) (RwlPoet 175)495 : Me bihoues befor þe fare, And sithen sall þou with me lend In ioy and myrth for euer-mare.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)17 : I will ȝow saye..whare he went Wyth þe erle es he lent In derenes nyghte and daye.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Luf es lyf (Cmb Dd.5.64)44 : Þe lyfe þat lufe myght fynd, or ever in hert it knew, Fra kare it tornes þat kyend, and lendes in myrth and glew.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)230 : Gude councel es..Whils we lend in þis dedely life, Vn-to swilk warkes for to take hede.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1237 : In hert penance sal sche lende, Vntill sche wil hir mys amend.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)513/368 : With me to wonne nowe schall ȝe wende..Youre liffe in lyking schall ȝe lende.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)383/527 : With me to dwell now shall ye weynde..youre life in lykyng for to leynde.
- c1500 King & H.(Ashm 61:Hazlitt)17 : The Kyng to scherwod gan wend, On hys pleyng for to lend.
d
- c1330 KTars (Auch)37/156 : Of bateyl þai gun sett a day..No lenger no wald þai lende [vr. leende].
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1449 : Now wil þe king no langer lende.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1955 : Sir Ywaine wald no lenger lend, Bot redies him fast forto wend.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)115/234 : Oure lord, hir sun, has for hir send, So þat scho may no langer lend.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)709 : Wiþ o wille þey seyde..Þei scholde neuere reste ne lende To struye Troye wyþouten ende.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)154 : Fare-wel, fayre frendys, þat lofly wyl lystyn & lendis!
- c1450 Excellent soueraine (Dc 95)79 : For loue y may no lenger lende.
- ?c1450 PPl.A(1) (Mrg M 818)1.183 : Lendyn [Trin-C: I may no lengere lenge].
- a1475 PPl.A(1) (Hrl 875)2.31 : Lende [Trin-C: I may no lengere lette, lord I þe bekenne].
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)2590 : Lordyngis, A whyle I rede we lende And oure worthy wallys wake.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)2500 : Desonell wold no lenger lend, But to sir Torent gan she wend.
- a1500(a1400) Cleges (Adv 19.1.11)120 : Of rech metis and drynkkys good That myȝt be gott, be the rode, For coste i wold not lend.
- a1500(?a1425) Ipom.(2) (Hrl 2252)768 : Whan ye se tyme, to mete ye wend, For I wote neuyr how long I lend.
e
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)6307 : Bettur is þou lyfe and lende þen [þat] we both to dede be dyȝt.
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- ?a1400 Guy(1) (Sln 1044)624/19 : My love..wol nowhere lende [B]ut on þe, Felice.
- a1500 Anoder yere (Add 40166)p.77 : This lordis..threton powre men for to bete; Hyt lendith lytull in hur threte.
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- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3576 : My dowters hende, lufly & lusti to lende, goo to ȝone fende, & fro hym take Mankynde!
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.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1989 : Neh him he heom lænde [Otho: lende], for heo him leofe weoren.
- c1390 Bi west (Vrn)2 : Vnder a wylde wode-syde, In a launde þer I was lente, Wlanke deor..gunne glyde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2479 : Abram lendid him o-nan Biside þe folk of chanaan.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23647 : Þir laghes in ioi þar þai er lend; Þai wepe in soru wit-vten end.
- a1425(?a1400) Penny (Glb E.9)3 : In erth it es a litill thing, and regnes als a riche king, Whare he es lent in land.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)879 : Bot leue now here þis gentill childe, And speke we of his modir mylde, In what land oure Lorde hir lent.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13857 : He fraynit at the fre, who his fader was, In what lond he was lent, & if he lyue hade.
- c1475(c1420) Page SRouen (Eg 1995)p.6 : Towarde the weste Clarence the Duke he toke hys reste; At an abbay he hym lende.
- c1450(a1400) Chev.Assigne (Clg A.2)5 : For this i saye by a lorde was lente in an yle That was kalled Lyor.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)1353 : The nobleste bodye of flesshe and blode That euyr was yete in erthe lente.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)1018 : The ox and þe as þat þer wer lent..honouret hym in hor entent.
- a1500 Methodius(3) (Stw 953)14 : The holy gost..told þe byschope all þe aray Of þe warde we arn in lente.
- a1500 Methodius(3) (Stw 953)895 : Dede bodyys in grauys lent xall ryse from dethe vp bodyly.
b
- c1390 Off alle floures (Vrn)79 : For al my loue is on ȝou lent.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)256 : Hit wern þe fayrest of forme and of face als..þe stalworþest þat stod ever on fete, And lengest lyf in hem lent of ledez alle oþer.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)698 : My lufe es lent [vr. loken] in thi grace..Thou worthily wyghte.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3527 : All oure life & oure lose is lent in ȝour handis.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)922 : Ieremie told..That quen a maiden a child hade bore, hor maumetry that þer was lent shuld falle doun.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)404 : The kynges love on her was lent.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)778 : Nowe ys Gye to Felyce went, On whome all hys loue was lent.
- a1500 Gracius and gay (DubNLI D.1435)18 : To [þe] my low ys lend.