| active voice | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek bendi | 1pl | vér bendum | 1sg | ek benda | 1pl | vér bendim |
| 2sg | þú bendir | 2pl | þér bendið | 2sg | þú bendir | 2pl | þér bendið |
| 3sg | hon bendir | 3pl | þau benda | 3sg | hon bendi | 3pl | þau bendi |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek benda | 1pl | vér bendum | 1sg | ek benda | 1pl | vér bendim |
| 2sg | þú bendir | 2pl | þér benduð | 2sg | þú bendir | 2pl | þér bendið |
| 3sg | hon bendi | 3pl | þau bendu | 3sg | hon bendi | 3pl | þau bendi |
| preterite infinitive | bendu | ||||||
| past participle | f. | bend | m. | bendr | n. | bent | |
| imperative | 2sg | bent | 1pl | bendum | 2pl | bendið | |
| middle voice: bendask “bend down, stoop; become bent; compete” | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek bendumk | 1pl | vér bendumk | 1sg | ek bendumk | 1pl | vér bendimk |
| 2sg | þú bendisk | 2pl | þér bendizk | 2sg | þú bendisk | 2pl | þér bendizk |
| 3sg | hon bendisk | 3pl | þau bendask | 3sg | hon bendisk | 3pl | þau bendisk |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek bendumk | 1pl | vér bendumk | 1sg | ek bendumk | 1pl | vér bendimk |
| 2sg | þú bendisk | 2pl | þér benduzk | 2sg | þú bendisk | 2pl | þér bendizk |
| 3sg | hon bendisk | 3pl | þau bendusk | 3sg | hon bendisk | 3pl | þau bendisk |
| past participle | n. | benzk | |||||
| imperative | 2sg | benzk | 1pl | bendumk | 2pl | bendizk | |
Sense group “bend; tie; span”: PG *bandijaną, OE bendan 1, ME benden, MnE bend; derived from the noun PG *bandiz, ON band (which gave rise to ME band, bond, MnE band, bond), Dutch band, German Band. Cf. binda III. Sense “signal, communicate”: PG *bandwijaną; derived from the noun PG *bandwō “sign.”
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