Wend (?), obs.
p. p. of Wene.
Chaucer.
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Wend, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wended, Obs. Went; p. pr. & vb. n. Wending.] [AS. wendan to turn, to go, caus. of windan to wind; akin to OS. wendian, OFries. wenda, D. wenden to turn, G. wenden, Icel. venda, Sw. vanda, Dan. vende, Goth. wandjan. See Wind to turn, and cf. Went.]
1.
To go; to pass; to betake one's self.
"To Canterbury they
wend."
Chaucer.
To Athens shall the lovers wend.
Shak.
2.
To turn round.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
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Wend, v. t.
To direct; to betake;- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively.
"Great voyages to
wend."
Surrey.
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Wend, n. O. Eng.Law
A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.
[Obs.]
Burrill.
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