Wend , n. (O. Eng. Law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [Obs.]
Burrill.
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 , 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. vända, 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 (w&ebreve;nd), obs. p. p. of
Wene. Chaucer.
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