ontendan

== Old English == === Etymology === From on- (“on, at”) +‎ tendan (“to kindle”). Similar words can also be found in other, later Germanic languages; compare German anzünden, Norwegian antenne, Swedish antända. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /onˈten.dɑn/ === Verb === ontendan to kindle, to set on fire, to set fire to Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church to kindle emotion or passion, to excite, inflame ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ontendnes ==== Descendants ==== > Middle English: atendan (inherited) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “on-tendan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.