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▪ I. † i-wende, n. Obs. [ME.; origin obscure: perh. related to next.] ? Contrivances.
a1250Owl & Night. 651 Men habbet, among other i-wende, A rum-hus at hore bures ende. ▪ II. † i-ˈwende, v. Obs. [OE. ᵹewęndan (= OHG. giwenten, Goth. gawandjan), f. ᵹe-, i-1 + węndan to turn, wend.] 1. trans. To turn; to change; to bring about.
Beowulf (Z.) 315 Guð-beorna sum wicg ᵹe-wende. a1000Cædmon's Gen. 427 (Gr.) ᵹif hit eower æniᵹ mæᵹe ᵹewendan mid wihte, þæt [etc.]. c1175Lamb. Hom. 97 Matheus þet wes cachepol, þene he iwende to god-spellere. a1225Ancr. R. 254 Sansumes foxes, þet hefden þe nebbes euerichon iwend frommard oðer. 2. To turn oneself; to turn; to go. a. refl.
a1000Boeth. Metr. xxii. 113 æᵹhwilc..hine hræðe sceolde eft ᵹewendan in to sinum modes ᵹemynde. c1275Passion Our Lord 112 in O.E. Misc. 40 He hym vt iwende al bi þuster nyhte. b. intr. To turn, wend one's way, go.
971Blickl. Hom. 193 Hie..siþþan næfre to unrihtum ne ᵹewendað. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 60 Drusiana þa aras..and..ham ᵹewende. c1175Lamb. Hom. 97 Hit iwendeð from ufele to gode. a1225St. Marher. 2 Hire moðer wes iwend þe wei þe worldliche men..schulen iwenden. c1275Passion our Lord 148 in O.E. Misc. 41 Vre louerd myd heom iwende to geth-semany. a1300Floriz & Bl. 61 Hire to feche ihc wille i-wende. |