eend

noun

1. (Early, Modern, alt-of, alternative, rare)Alternative form of end.

   “Too the eend in thy trauail thow maiſt the moꝛe heedly be leſſon'd, / And paſſe to Italian region, thus ſhoꝛtly reherſing / Peece meale pꝛettie parings: foꝛ too tell a ſummarie total,”

2. (alt-of, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of end.

   “He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] eend, end.”

   “[…] For I thowt, I heard ſummot coming, an if truth mun be ſpok'n, I'r ſo fearfully breed, at meh hure ſtood on eend, for theaw knows I noather knew whooa, or whot it moot be.”

   “One eend dat chain it bean in de jack feesh's gullet, an' t'udduh eend dat chain it bean in the frog's gullet.”

verb

1. (Early, Modern, alt-of, alternative, rare)Alternative form of end

   “O deere companions (foꝛ we erſt haue taſted of hardnes) / Bꝛawn'd with wooꝛſe vẽturs, thee mighty God alſo shal eend this.”