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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WEND, v.i.
1. To go; to pass to or from. [Obsolete, except in poetry; but its preterit, went, is in common use.]
2. To turn round. [Wend and wind are from the same root.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the crowds"

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wendan; akin to Old High German wenten to turn, Old English windan to twist — more at wind Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to direct one's course ; travel transitive verb to proceed on (one's way) ; direct

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: German Wende, from Old High German Winida; akin to Old English Winedas, plural, Wends Date: 1786 a member of a Slavic people of eastern Germany

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a member of a Slavic people of N. Germany, now inhabiting E. Saxony. Derivatives: Wendic adj. Wendish adj. Etymology: G Wende f. OHG Winida, of unkn. orig.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. & intr. literary or archaic go. Phrases and idioms: wend one's way make one's way. Etymology: OE wendan turn f. Gmc, rel. to WIND(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wends Wends, n. pl.; sing. Wend. (Ethnol.) A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(wends, wending, wended) If you wend your way in a particular direction, you walk, especially slowly, casually, or carefully, in that direction. (LITERARY) Sleepy-eyed commuters were wending their way to work. = make your way PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR prep/adv

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. Go, pass, betake one's self. II. v. a. Direct, betake.