† to-ˈrend, v. Obs.
[OE. torendan, f. to-2 + rendan to rend. So OFris. to-, te-renda.]
trans. To rend in pieces.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark xiv. 63 Se heh ðonne sacerd torende woedo his. a 1000 Ags. Ps. (Th.) cxxiii[i]. 7 Grin bið on sadan grame torænded. a 1225 Ancr. R. 362 He..þet to-tereð his olde kurtel, & to-rendeð þe olde pilche of his deadliche uelle. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2145 Lym fro lym hym al to-rent. 1388 Wyclif Matt. xxvii. 51 The veil of the temple was to-rent in twey parties. ― Acts xiv. 13 Whanne the apostlis..herden this, thei to-renten her cootis. 1430–40 Lydg. Bochas viii. xiii, Hir clothes to rent, bedewed with weepyng. 1596 Danett tr. Comines (1614) 266 Their nauie all to rent and torne. 1631 Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 306 He..plucked the other out of his place, and all to rent his casule, Chimer, and Rochet. |
Hence † to-ˈrent ppl. a., † to-ˈrending vbl. n.
| 1388 Wyclif Isa. xxxvi. 22 Eliachym..and Sobna..entriden with to-rent clothis to Ezechie. ― Nahum iii. 1 Wo to the citee of bloodis, al of leesyng, ful of to-reendyng [dilaceratione]. |