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Wend

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit UK, obsolete
  2. 2
    A member of a Slavic people from the borders of Germany and Poland; a Sorb; a Kashub.
  3. 3
    A Slavic person living anywhere in the vicinity of German-speaking areas.
Verb
  1. 1
    To turn; change, to adapt. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    direct one's course or way wordnet
  3. 3
    To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way. transitive

    "We wended our weary way westward."

  4. 4
    To turn; make a turn; go round; veer. intransitive, obsolete

    "with the prowe at both ends, so as they need not to wend or hold water"

  5. 5
    To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

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).

Etymology 3

From German Wende, from Proto-Germanic *Winidaz, the same source as Old English Winedas (“Slavs”).

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