v. Obs. Forms: 1 ʓeendian, 2–3 (ȝ)ienden, 5 ȝynde. [OE. ʓeendian: see Y- 3 c and END v. For the form in quot. c. 1430 cf. END sb. etym. note.] trans. To end.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xxviii. 20. Ic beo mid eow ealle daʓas oð worulde ʓe-endunge. Ibid., Luke xiv. 30. Hwæt þes man agan timbrian & ne mihte hit ʓe-endian.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 129. Iwilch mon bið iboren mid muchele sara and mid muchele sorȝe his lif iendað.
a. 1240. Lofsong, in O. E. Hom., I. 217. He is ænde buton ælcere ȝiendunge.
c. 1430. Freemasonry (1840), 12. The multytude that was comynge Or here chyldryn after here ȝyndynge.
