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Definition wend

Etymology

From Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, direct, wend one’s way, go, return, change, alter, vary, restore, happen, convert, translate”), from Proto-Germanic *wandijan? (“to turn”), causative of Proto-Germanic *windan? (“to wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *wend?- (“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 ??????? (wandjan, “to cause to turn”). Related to wind (Etymology 2).

Verb

wend (third-person singular simple present wends, present participle wending, simple past and past participle wended or (archaic) went)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To turn; change.
2. (transitive) To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn; make a turn; go round; veer.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.

Noun

wend (plural wends)

1. (obsolete, Britain, law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.

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