hend

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛnd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd === Etymology 1 === From Middle English henden, from Old English *hendan, ġehendan (“take hold of”), from Proto-Germanic *handijaną (“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”). ==== 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. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English hende, from Old English ġehende, from Proto-West Germanic *gahandī. ==== Adjective ==== hend (obsolete, poetic) Pleasant in manner, courteous, gentle, kind. === Anagrams === Dehn == Alemannic German == === Verb === hend third-person plural present of haa == 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 == === Alternative forms === hent === Etymology === From Middle English henden, henten, from Old English *hendan, ġehendan, from Proto-West Germanic *handijan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛnd/, /hɛnt/ === Verb === hend to hold ==== Derived terms ==== henteen === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), 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, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46