wend

== English == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /wɛnd/ (pin-pen merger) IPA(key): /wɪ̟nd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd Hyphenation: wend Homophone: wind (pin-pen merger), when'd === Verb === wend (third-person singular simple present wends, present participle wending, simple past and past participle wended or (archaic) went) (transitive) To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way. (obsolete, transitive) To turn; change, to adapt. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn; make a turn; go round; veer. (obsolete, intransitive) To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish. ==== Usage notes ==== The modern past tense of wend is wended. Originally it was went, similarly to the pairs bend/bent, blend/blent, lend/lent, rend/rent, send/sent and spend/spent. However, went was co-opted as the past tense of go (replacing Early Modern English and Middle English yede, Old English eode) and using it as the past tense of wend is now considered archaic. The modern usage of wend is almost always accompanied by way. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== to betake oneself ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== wind ==== Translations ==== === Noun === wend (plural wends) (obsolete, UK, law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit === References === === Further reading === “wend”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “wend”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Alemannic German == === Alternative forms === wénn, winn, wind === Etymology === From Middle High German wint, from Old High German wint. Cognate with German Wind, Dutch wind, English wind, Icelandic vindur, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds). === Noun === wend m (Rimella and Campello Monti) wind === References === Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʋɛnt] Rhymes: -ɛnt === Verb === wend inflection of wenden: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === wend singular imperative of wenden == Middle English == === Noun === wend alternative form of wynd == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wend/ Rhymes: -end === Verb === wend singular imperative of wendan