English
Etymology
Old English gehende|Ä¡ehende.
Adjective
en-adj
- obsolete near|Near, close at hand, handy.
- obsolete courteous|Courteous, gracious.
#:*Late C14: 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)
#:*C14: And if he were so hende and so wis / �at she ne my�t 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)
fr:hende
io:hende
no:hende
pl:hende
ru:hende
sv:hende
vi:hende
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