Max Müller is right in seeing in Tenu an abbreviated form of Lutennu (or Rutenu), the name by which Syria was known to the Egyptians.
The champion of Tenuhad come to him in his tent and challenged him to single combat.
I commanded the Beduin who departed afar to strike and repel the princes of foreign lands, and they marched (under me), for the prince of Tenu allowed that I should be during long years the general of his soldiers.
There came a champion of the Tenu to defy me in my tent; a bold man without equal, for he had vanquished all his rivals.
The Sati who went to war or to repel the kings of the nations, I commanded their expeditions; for this Ruler of the Tenu made me to spend many years as captain of his army.
At daybreak theTenu came together; it had gathered its tribes and collected the neighboring peoples.
From the council of Lillebonne to the Bedford auxilium (1224) it was always the same cry: Creiment k'il seit en feu tornez Et en costume seit tenu Et par costume seit rendu.
Suppliant a tous ceux qui la verront, croire qu'il a respondu a tous les articles sincerement et en toute verite, comme un Gentilhomme bien ne est tenu et oblige de faire.
Il s’est toujours tenu au gros de l’arbre = He has always sided with the stronger side.
Je me suis tenu à quatre pour ne pas lui dire ses vérités = It was almost more than I could do not to tell him what I thought of him.
Vous lui aveztenu tête = You did not give in to him.
Bec Il m’a tenu le bec dans l’eau = He kept me in suspense.
Je me le suis tenupour dit = I took it for granted.
A champion of the Tenucame to defy me in my tent: a bold man without equal, for he had vanquished the whole country.
The Sati who went far, to strike and turn back the princes of other lands, I ordained their goings; for the Prince of the Tenu for many years appointed me to be general of his soldiers.
At dawn the land of the Tenu came together; it had gathered its tribes and called all the neighbouring people, it spake of nothing but the fight.
At dawn the land of the Tenu came together; it had gathered its tribes and called all the neighboring people; it spake of nothing but the fight.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tenu" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
