rended

Rended is an inflected form of the verb rend. In contemporary standard English, rended is not considered the normal past tense or past participle form. The ordinary past tense and past participle of rend are rent; most modern dictionaries do not list rended as a standard form. Rended does appear in some older texts, poetry, or dialectal writing, where authors occasionaly used it as a past tense variant. Because of this, rended is typically treated as archaic or literary rather than everyday usage.

Etymology and history: The verb rend has Old English and Germanic roots, with the general sense of tearing or pulling apart. Over time, English established rent as the primary past tense and past participle. The form rended arose in some historical periods or stylistic contexts, but it never became the dominant form in standard modern English.

Usage guidance: If encountered, rended is usually a relic of earlier English or a deliberate stylistic choice. In formal or modern writing, it is safer to use rent (e.g., The fabric was rent) rather than rended. When quoting older texts, rended may appear as part of the authentic diction of the period.

See also: rend, rent, riven. These forms are the conventional conjugations for the verb rend in modern English, with rent serving as both the past tense and past participle.