Talk:extendant

RFV discussion: May–July 2023
I find a variety of heraldic definitions mentioned, and have expanded the entry to note them: "displayed (of wings)", "straight (of e.g. a snake)", "with forefeet extended (of a lion, etc)". But I was only able to find one use (now added to the entry).


 * He sende ane riche present extendant til thre scoir of thousandis peces of gold.



Perhaps a generalized sense will just barely meet CFI, or perhaps this is dictionary-only. - -sche (discuss) 22:16, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The second one looks like a non-native speaker trying to make English by calquing from Greek, complete with inflected forms not found in English. I don't know much modern Greek, but I know Ancient Greek does a lot with participles that English does with clauses and other structures- so this may be an attempt to create present participles by analogy with another language like French. Chuck Entz (talk) 23:10, 14 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Having checked books earlier, I checked the web now, and still can't find anything (most hits are non-English). The OED only has mentions in other dictionaries. A candidate for the dictionary-only appendix, I suppose. - -sche (discuss) 17:48, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * RFV-failed. If this ever becomes citeable: the ety was ; equivalent to, the pronunciation was . - -sche (discuss) 20:03, 17 July 2023 (UTC)