berend

See also: 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)

1. (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

1. carrier, bearer (often used in compounds)

Derived terms

• gastberend
• reordberend
• sāwolberend