Obs. rare. [f. OE. þennan (þænnan) and þęnian = OS. thęnnian, OHG. dęnnen, dęnen (G. dehnen), ON. þęnja, Goth. uf)þanjan :—OTeut. *þanjan-, factitive vb. from Indo-Eur. root *ten- to stretch.] trans. To stretch out, extend.
The existence of this in ME. is doubtful: the OE. form would properly give ME. þenne or þene; þinne is perh. an error.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Th.), cxlii[i]. 6. Ic mine hande to þe holde þenede.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., III. 22. Þænne þone swiðran earm swa he swiþast mæʓe.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter cvii. 10 [cviii. 9]. In Ydume sal i þinne [Wyclif strecchen] mi scho.
