lendes

Middle English

Alternative forms

• leendis

Noun

lendes

1. plural of lende
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     A barme-cloth eke as white as morwe milk Upon her lendes.

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   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 3:4, page 2r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     and þis ioon hadde cloþyng of camelis heeris .· ⁊ a girdil of ſkyn aboute his leendis / and his meete was honyſoukes ⁊ hony of þe wode

     And this John wore camel-hair clothes and a leather belt around his waist; his food was locusts and wild honey.