† lenendn.
Obsolete.
A lender, usurer.
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lenenda1000
lenderc1050
advancer1576
banker1646
loaner1884
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 237/40 Fenerator,..lænend, uel strude.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 35 Þer byeþ zeue manere gaueleres: lenynde þat leneþ zeluer uor oþren [etc.].
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