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Lend, Leynd, v. Also: lende, leynde, leind. P.t. lendit, leyndyt, lent(e. P.p. lent, lende. [ME. lende(n, leende, north. (15th c.) leynd, p.t. lende (13th c.), leende, lended, -id (14th c.), lent(e (14th c.), p.p. lend (Cursor M.), lent (14th c.), OE. lęndan, ON. lenda, ultimately f. Land n.¹In ME. latterly chiefly north.; in the 16th c. chiefly or only Sc.]As appar. also in ME., common only in verse. For the rhymes of the pres. t. form, see sense 4.

1. intr. To come to land or ashore, to land: cf. Land v. intr. 1467 Reg. Dunferm. 359.
As for the nettis of the Calate sall set thar stavis and lend abown the thre stanis and lend on thar awn land and sweng quhar scho wyll

2. To arrive, come (back).Conjugated with to be. a1400 Leg. S. xxiv. 206.
The seruandis al, that furth went, Fra tha na hyme fand, agane ar lent, & tald how thai tynt al thare trawal

3. (To be) lent : (To have) come, passing into, (to have become or be) resident, (to be) present or staying.Said chiefly of persons or personifications.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxi. 229.
With me is lent A ȝung man, callit to nam Clement c1450-2 Howlat 5.
In the myddis of May … With alkyn herbes of air that war in erd lent The feldis flurist c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 2426.
And all the realm intill his hand hes tane, And syne gart ordane day of parliament, Quhare all the legis of his landis was lent, Off Grece, of Armene, and of Sclauony, Of Macedone partit, and Dulary a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 70.
He saw nane levand leid vpone loft lent Ib. 152. a1500 Rauf C. 395.
Gif thow meitis ony leid lent on the ling Gar thame boun to this burgh Ib. 591.
Saif anerly ane man … Thair was na leid on lyfe lent in this land 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 14.
Langour lent is in land, all lychtnes is lost a1568 Bann. MS. 229 a/46.
Allone vnder the lusty lynd I saw ane lusum lent Ib. 50.
Allone lent on a land(2) a1450 Fifteen Ois 54.
O Jesu … Thys warld is all in thy hand lende [: comprehend]

b. Of persons: (To be) brought (into) or be in a certain state of mind; to be brought to life.(1) a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 1064.
Wes nowthir solace nor sang thair sorow to soft … Thus the ledis on loft in langour war lent(2) 1560 Rolland Seven S. 10728.
Sathans seid all schent, That euer ȝit wrocht nature, or ȝit to lyfe was lent

c. Of the affections: (To have) lighted apon, (to be) set on (into). c1420 Ratis R. 1659.
Quhar a man settis his entent Thar maist thar hart and wyll is lent c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 499.
Gif his lust so be lent into my lyre quhit, That he be lost or with me lig 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 198.
I wilbe blyth and lycht, Myne hart is lent apon sa gudly wight

d. tr. To set or fix (one's love) on a person. c1420 Wynt. iv. 232.
He thocht prowes for till pruve For hyr that he lent on his luve

4. intr. To dwell, reside; to sojourn, stay; to remain, linger, tarry.Chiefly with complements, as, in a place, with a person, etc., but also absol.In the pres. t. more often rhyming with words which had ē as freynd, feynd, heynd, teynd, but also with kend p.t., seynd send, wend go.(1) (a) a1400 Leg. S. xl. 638.
Fra this lyfe fra he can wend, Lestandly with God to lend c1450-2 Howlat 19.
For to lende by that laike thocht me levar c1460 Thewis Gud Women 78.
Be nocht our-syre till hir frendis Bot mek and lawly quhar sche lendis(b) 1375 Barb. iii. 747.
Quhill him likit thar to leynd, Euirilk day thai suld him seynd Wictalis a1400 Leg. S. vii. 522.
Josapus send til a frend, That with Vaspaciane can leynd Ib. ix. 42.
Of mychty God, quod he, the frende He is, & here will leynde Fore til distroy ȝowre goddis all Ib. 170.
The feynde, That cowartly in it [sc. the idol] cane leynde, Rayrit wele lowd a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 152.
All the wyis I weild ar at his avne will How to luge and to leynd and in my land lent a1500 Prestis of Peblis 1302.
Riches nor gude, wyfe, barne nor freind, Of thir foirsaid with thé will neuer leind 1513 Doug. iv. x. 9.
All … byrdis … And quhatsumeuer … , amang buskis harsk, leyndis vndir the spray Ib. vii. ii. 39.
Heir is our dwelling place, quhar we sall leynd [: heynd] Ib. viii. viii. 108.
So gret a pepill, as vnder Turnus kyng And Latynus leyndis 1535 Stewart 26140. Ib. 28383, 36775, 49235, 49271.
That we ressaue him alway for oure freind, At oure plesour in oure landis to leind a1570-86 Maitl. F. cxxx. 39.
Quhair he wes placit thair list I leynd [: freind] Doand him seruice(b) 1375 Barb. v. 125.
A quhill in Carrik lendit [E. leyndyt] he, To se quha frend or fa vald be(b) a1400 Leg. S. xiii. 8.
This Marke … to Rome vent, & to the puple that thare lent Cristis ewaungelis prechit Ib. xxix. 688.
This mandment Com quhare his twa sonis lent Ib. xxxv. 32.(2) a1500 Prestis of Peblis 1136.
He said ‘Allace, I may na langer leind’ [: freind] 1513 Doug. ix. vi. 112.
The day lycht, quhilk is to ws onfrend, Approchis neir, we may na langar lend [R. leynd] a1500 Sir Eger 329.
For to lend [: kend p.t.]

b. To live, pass life. 1535 Stewart 8266.
Far better it is to be the Romanis freind, In pece and rest at thi plesour to leind Ib. 32416.
In love and lautie euir moir to leind [: freind]

c. ? To dwell or linger (on a topic). c1450-2 Howlat 627.
Of the said tre I tell nocht the teynd, The birth and the branchis … Quhat fele armes on loft, louely to lend, … The said persewant bure

d. ? To resort, repair. a1568 Scott xxvi. 40.
Thai wald with nobill men be nemmit Syne laittandly to lawar leindis [: freindis]