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wend

verb
/wɛnd/US/wɪ̟nd/

Etymology

From Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change, translate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (“to turn”), causative of *windaną (“to wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid”). Cognate with Dutch wenden (“to turn”), German wenden (“to turn, reverse”), Danish vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Bokmål vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Nynorsk venda (“to turn”), Swedish vända (“to turn, turn over, veer, direct”), Icelandic venda (“to wend, turn, change”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wandjan, “to cause to turn”). Related to wind (Etymology 2).

  1. derived from *wendʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *wandijaną✻
  3. inherited from *wandijan✻
  4. inherited from wendan
  5. inherited from wenden

Definitions

  1. To direct (one's way or course)

    To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.

    • We wended our weary way westward.
    • And ſtill her thought that ſhe was left alone / Uncompanied great viages to wende.
    • The Merovingian Kings, slowly wending on their bullock-carts through the streets of Paris, with their long hair flowing, have all wended slowly on,—into Eternity.

  2. To turn

    To turn; change, to adapt.

  3. To pass away

    To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A large extent of ground

      A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit

    2. A member of a Slavic people from the borders of Germany and Poland

      A member of a Slavic people from the borders of Germany and Poland; a Sorb; a Kashub.

    3. A Slavic person living anywhere in the vicinity of German-speaking areas.

The neighborhood

Derived

bewend, wander, wending

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA