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▪ I. † ˈbended, a. Obs.
[f. bend n.2]
Striped or banded; in Her. having a bend or bends; = bendy a.
c1400Mandeville 276 Five saphires bended with gold. c1430Syr Gener. 4538 Hou he with the bended sheld Smote the othre thurgh the bodie. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 85 b, One greate difference betwene Armes Bended, and these Armes..For in Armes Bendee the colours contained in the shielde are equally diuided.
▪ II. bended, ppl. a.|ˈbɛndɪd|
The original pa. pple. of bend v., superseded in ME. by bend, bent, but used again, from 14th c. onwards, as a longer form of bent (q.v. for the sense); it is now semi-archaic, and used chiefly in on bended knees, etc.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. iii. (1495) 749 The hornes of a ramme ben crokyd and bended as a rounde shell. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, v. Chor. 18 His bruised Helmet, and his bended Sword. 1660Blount Boscobel 55 And now on my bended knees, let me joyfully congratulate His restored Majesty. c1790J. Imison Sch. Arts I. 73 Fix the bended glass-pipe C air-tight into the bottle D. 1810Scott Lady of L. v. ix, Bonnets and spears and bended bows. 1837Sir F. Palgrave Merch. & Friar iv. (1844) 176 ‘Gracious Sovereign,’ replied the Chancellor, dropping off the Woolsack upon his bended knees. |