hende

From Old English ġehende.

hende (comparative more hende, superlative most hende)

1. (obsolete) Near, close at hand, handy.
2. (obsolete) Courteous, gracious.

   • Late 14th century: Oure Hoost þo spak, “A, sire, ye sholde be hende / And curteys, as a man of youre estaat” — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Friar's Prologue’, Canterbury Tales (OUP 1988, p. 122)
   • 14th century: And if he were so hende and so wis / Þat she ne myȝt al abate his pris, / Yit wolde she blame his worþynesse / Or by hir wordis make it lesse. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose (OUP 1988, p. 689-90)

hende (nominative hun, possessive hendes)

1. (personal) her (objective case of hun (“she”))

From Old English ende.

hende

1. Alternative form of ende (“end”)

From Old English æned.

hende

1. Alternative form of ende (“duck”)

From Old Norse henda

hende (present tense hender, past tense hendte, past participle hendt)

1. to happen, occur

• hendelse

• “hende” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hende_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse henda

hende (present tense hender, past tense hende, past participle hendt, passive infinitive hendast, present participle hendande, imperative hend)

1. to happen, occur

• henda

• “hende” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Portuguese gente and Spanish gente and Kabuverdianu gentis.

hende

1. man (human being)
2. person
3. someone