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. vända, Dan. vende, Goth. wandjan. See Wind to turn, and cf. Went. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To go; to pass; to betake one's self. “To Canterbury they wend.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

To Athens shall the lovers wend. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To turn round. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To direct; to betake; -- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively. “Great voyages to wend.” Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (O. Eng. Law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [ Obs. ] Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. imp. of Wene. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of the Wends. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining the Wends, or their language. [ 1913 Webster ]