berend

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English *berenden, from Old English berendan (“to peel, take off husk”); equivalent to be- +‎ rend. === Verb === berend (third-person singular simple present berends, present participle berending, simple past and past participle berent) (transitive) To rend or tear severely; tear badly; rip all over. 1904, Elizabethan sonnets: Then red with ire, her tresses she berent; And weeping hid the beauty of her face: ==== See also ==== torend === Anagrams === Bender, Berden, bender, rebend == Old English == === Etymology === From beran (“to bear”) +‎ -end === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈrend/ === Noun === berend m carrier, bearer (often used in compounds) ==== Derived terms ==== gastberend reordberend sāwolberend