wend (v.) Look up wend at Dictionary to proceed on, Old English - TopicsExpress



          

wend (v.) Look up wend at Dictionary to proceed on, Old English wendan to turn, direct, go; convert, translate, from Proto-Germanic *wanjan (cognates: Old Saxon wendian, Old Norse venda, Swedish vända, Old Frisian wenda, Dutch wenden, German wenden, Gothic wandjan to turn), causative of PIE *wendh- to turn, wind, weave (see wind (v.1)). Surviving only in to wend ones way, and in hijacked past tense form went. Originally weak; strong past participle is from c.1200. etymonline/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=wend&searchmode=none
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:24:50 +0000

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