pend

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.

verb

1. (obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down
2. (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault.
3. (obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.

noun

1. (Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.

Etymology 2

Compare pen (“to shut in”).

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine.
   soche frowarde creatures as many women are, ought rather to be pended vp in a cage of iron 1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegms, translation of original by Erasmus

Etymology 3

Back-formation from pending.

verb

1. (transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).
   The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis. 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 817

Etymology 4

noun

1. (India) oil cake