hend /hɛnd/adjective 1verb 1forms 3 adjective1 •(literary, no longer used) Pleasant in manner, courteous, gentle, kind. verb1 •(no longer used) To take hold of; to grasp, hold.She flew at him like to an hellish feend, And on his shield tooke hold with all her might, As if that it she would in peeces rend, Or reave out of the hand that did it hend — 1596 formshended · hending · hends
