berend

Etymology

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

berend means to rend or tear severely; tear badly; rip all over. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

verb

To rend or tear severely; tear badly; rip all over.“Then red with ire, her tresses she berent; And weeping hid the beauty of her face:”