(a) To tear a hole in (sth.), rip; tear (clothes), cleave (armor, the earth); ~ adoun, slash (armor) from top to bottom, claw; ppl. rent, of clothes: ragged; of a body: clad in rags and tatters; of a wineskin: split; (b) to tear (one's clothes) in anger, distress, etc., rend (one's garments); ~ adoun, tear (a robe) from top to bottom; (c) to tear (sth.) in two; tear apart; tear up (a document), nullify; ~ asonder; (d) in fig. contexts; (e) to break up, split.

(a) To lacerate (sb., someone's body, part of the body), rip; severely wound (sb., an animal); -- also without obj.; also, fig. spere rent, rent with a spear; ~ thurgh, pierce through (ribs); ~ on rode; (b) to scratch (one's face, etc.) in distress, tear (one's hair); ppl. as adj.: rendinge, of the Muses: tearing their faces in grief; rent, of tragedies personified: with cheeks scratched in grief; (c) to tear (sb., a bird) apart; tear (one limb from another); ~ in sonder, ~ upon peces; (d) to make a slash in a carcass; slice (a carcass), butcher; (e) to cause lesions in (the lungs); (f) in fig. contexts; (g) to criticize a book; overcome (sb.) in argument; destroy (faith); carp at (God's providence).

(a) To remove (sth.) violently, tear off, tear out; also, tear (board from board); ~ awei, strip off (bark), pull off (flowers); ~ of, pull off (clothes, hide, bark) violently; ~ oute, pull away (sth. from sb.); also, pull out (a page from a book), cut away (a piece from armor); ~ up, rip off (hatches); (b) to remove (part of a body) violently; also fig.; (c) to remove (sb. from a place); also, take away (sth. injurious from sb.); (d) to uproot (plants); also, fig. destroy the power of (sb.); (e) to pull (sth.) down; (f) ~ up, to lift up (sb. or sth.).

Misc.: (a) ~ bord, ?a carving board; (b) error for reden v.(1); (c) in surnames.