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wend

[wend]

verb, wend⋅ed or (Archaic

) went; wend⋅ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to pursue or direct (one's way).

–verb (used without object)

2.	to proceed or go.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME wenden, OE wendan; c. D, G wenden, Goth wandjan, causative of -windan to wind ²

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Wend

[wend]

–noun

a member of a Slavic people of E Germany; Sorb.

Origin:
1780–90; < G Wende, OHG Winida; c. OE Winedas (pl.)

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Sorb (sôrb) Pronunciation Key
n. A member of a Slavic people inhabiting the region of Lusatia in eastern Germany and southwest Poland. Also called Wend.

[German Sorbe, perhaps variant of Serbe, Serb, from Serbian Srb, Serb.]

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wend   (wěnd) Pronunciation Key
v.   wend·ed, wend·ing, wends

v.   tr.
To proceed on or along; go: wend one's way home.
v.   intr.
To go one's way; proceed.

[Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan.]

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Wend (wěnd) Pronunciation Key
n. See Sorb.

[German Wende, from Middle High German Winde, Wende, from Old High German Winid; see wen-¹ in Indo-European roots.]
Wend adj.

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wend

"to proceed on," O.E. wendan "to turn, go," from P.Gmc. *wandijanan (cf. O.S. wendian, O.N. venda, O.Fris. wenda, Du. wenden, Ger. wenden, Goth. wandjan "to turn"), causative of O.E. windan "to turn, twist" (see wind (2)), from base *wand-, *wend- "turn." Surviving only in to wend one's way, and in hijacked past tense form went.

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Wend

member of a Slavic people of eastern Germany, 1614 (implied in Wendish), from Ger. Wende, from O.H.G. Winida, related to O.E. Winedas "Wends," ult. from Celt. *vindo- "white."

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wend
verb
direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the crowds"

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Wend

Wend\, obs. p. p. of Wene. --Chaucer.

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Wend

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. v["a]nda, 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.

Wend

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.

Wend

Wend\, n. (O. Eng. Law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [Obs.] --Burrill.