wend
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verb (used with object), wend·ed or (Archaic) went; wend·ing.
to pursue or direct (one's way).
verb (used without object), wend·ed or (Archaic) went; wend·ing.
to proceed or go.
Origin of wend
before 900; Middle English wenden, Old English wendan; cognate with Dutch, German wenden, Gothic wandjan, causative of -windan to wind2
Wend
[wend]
noun
Origin of Wend
1780–90; < German Wende, Old High German Winida; cognate with Old English Winedas (plural)
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Contemporary Examples of wends
The Kidron Valley wends its way from the eastern side of the Old City, through the Judean Desert, to the Dead Sea.
Losing Jerusalem Sewage Plant Could Prove Longer Term Win for PalestiniansHillel Cohen
September 13, 2013
Historical Examples of wends
For a distance of seven miles it wends its way amongst the mountains.
Peeps at Many Lands: NorwayA.F. Mockler-Ferryman
Which threw King Mistevoi into a paroxysm, and raised the Wends.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol, II. (of XXI.)Thomas Carlyle
To the castle bridge she wends her way, And watches the ships in the sound that lay.
Finnish ArtsAnonymous
Right life, for me, is life that wends By lowly ways to lofty ends.
The Victories of LoveCoventry Patmore
He had the thought to preach to the Wends, but this was not to be.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)Henry Osborn Taylor
wend
verb
Word Origin for wend
Old English wendan; related to Old High German wenten, Gothic wandjan; see wind ²
Wend
noun
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