Aphetic form of entendre1. Alternatively, the verb may also be interpreted as tendre1, with a figurative use of the intransitive locution tendre a: ‘to go, proceed to, set out for’.
v.n.
tendre a
1to heed, pay attention to:
(
s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4
) Ki Deus aime de bon curage, Or i tende, si frad ke sage
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(
1260-70; MS: s.xiv1
) Plus de la Passiun ne dirum Kar a autre chose tendum
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tendre2 (s.xiiiin)