The verb lend is traditionally inflected lent in its past-tense, perfect, and past-participle forms. Lended is not a dictionary-recognized word, but it is becoming more common and may someday gain acceptance.
Examples
In each of these examples, lended is used in place of the standard lent:
It was a regular season match-up that lended itself to a postseason atmosphere. [Walton Tribune]
The Salvation Army, the Red Cross, Home Depot and too many other organizations to name lended a hand with the cleanup. [Gwinnett Daily Post]
In other activity Monday, commissioners lended their approval to a grant from the state Homeland Security program totaling almost $738,000. [Clarksville Leaf Chronicle]
And these writers use the traditional lent:
That cash is put to work, often lent to customers of GE’s big ticket items. [Forbes]
An international trio of academics has lent substance to the sometimes-hysterical lobby against fluoridated water supplies … [Dominion Post]
Public prosecutors say the bank lent money to companies that illegally cleared the rainforest and used labour practices bordering on slavery. [BBC]
