bender (s.xii3/4)
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bender (s.xii3/4)

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[ FEW: 15/i,113a *bindo-; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 8,283c bander; TL: 1,916 bender; DEAF:  bende (bender); DMF:  bander 1; TLF:  bander; OED:  band v. 1; MED:  benden v. 2; DMLBS: 191a bendare ]
bendir;  binder  

v.a.

1to bind, bandage: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ses plaies estreint et benda  2078
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  la plaie va bender  1344
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  pur bender et envoluper les plaies  207
♦to wrap up: 
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Ces sunt les dames jeske as euz bendés Pur salver les de solayl  343
2to bind, shackle: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ses chevalers armés fet despoiller nuz E bender toz de fer en fors liens menuz  1532
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii2 )  Jo fu menez en enfer, Bendé fu mon cors de fer  1476
♦to bind, hold together: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  (ships) de un[e] escorce d’arbre furent envoutees Qe de cel butemay esteient engluees E d’un cercle de fer environ bendees  6399
3to blindfold: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  l’en lui bendoit les [...] tres clers euz  207.8
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  d’un drapel bendirent sa (=J.C.’s) face  84.10

p.p._as_a.

1swaddled: 
( MS: 1272-82 )  pour nous bendez geutes  2
2with stripes or bands: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  vestuz D’un riche paile cler e freis, De chef en chef bendé d’orfreis  2966
( c.1185 )  Clot sei de l’escu d’or bendé  4242
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 )  sun escu, ke fust a or bendé  (B) 1203
♦herald.bendy (with bands, divided into an even number of divisions): 
( c.1280; MS: c.1280 )  P. de M., l’escu bendé d’or et de azur  71.104
( s.xivm; MS: s.xivex )  quant ils (=fesses) sount atant de l’un come l’autre, si dirrez vous l’escu bendee ou barree  131
3blindfolded: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  fu il (=J.C.) [...] escharniz, les euz bendez, la face crachez  206.18
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