berend

From Middle English *berenden, from Old English berendan (“to peel, take off husk”); equivalent to be- +‎ rend.

berend (third-person singular simple present berends, present participle berending, simple past and past participle berent)

1. (transitive) To rend or tear severely; tear badly; rip all over.
   • 1904, Elizabethan sonnets:

     Then red with ire, her tresses she berent; And weeping hid the beauty of her face:

• torend

• Bender, Berden, bender, rebend

From beran (“to bear”) +‎ -end

• IPA^(key): /beˈrend/

berend m

1. carrier, bearer (often used in compounds)

• gastberend
• reordberend
• sāwolberend