wend Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb direct one's course or way
    • wend your way through the crowds

WordNet

Wend
Definitions
obs.
  1. p. p. of Wene. Chaucer.
Wend intransitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Wended, obsolete Went; present participle & verbal noun Wending
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To direct; to betake;- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively. "Great voyages to wend." Surrey.
Wend noun
Definitions
  1. (O. Eng. Law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. Obs. Burrill.

Webster 1913