† bewendv.

Forms: Also Old English bewendan, Middle English bi-, by-, bewende(n.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English bewęndan = Old Saxon biwendian , Old High German biwentan (Middle High German and modern German bewenden ), Gothic biwandjan , < bi- , be- prefix 1 + Old Germanic wandjan to turn, causative of windan to wind v.¹; bewend is thus the causative of bewind v.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To turn round, turn away.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > turn (something) to a (different) direction > turn round

bewendc1000

beturn?c1225

to turn rounda1560

to bring about1680

round1890

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) v. 30 He cwæð bewend to þære menigu.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 825 Alkin blis was þan bi-went, Fra þaim.

c1314 Guy Warw. (1849) 253 Sir Gii his stede biwent tho.

2. reflexive. To turn oneself round.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > direct [verb (reflexive)] > turn round

bewendc1000

beturn?c1225

turnc1330

to turn abouta1400

to turn round1449

convertc1572

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 22 And se Hælend bewende hyne.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9024 Hiȝendliche he hine biwet [read biwent].

c1314 Guy Warw. (1840) 187 Biwende the, seyd Herhaud fre.

3. intransitive (for reflexive)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > turn round or to face a direction > turn to opposite direction

turnc1225

bewenda1300

to turn aboutc1330

returna1470

wheel1639

face1644

to turn on one's heel1669

to turn around1756

to turn round1787

about-face1896

about-turn1927

U-turn1931

U1971

a1300 Body & Soul in Map's Poems (1841) 334 Wan the gost it scholde go, yt biwente and withstod.

c1330 Kyng of Tars 1026 Theos fyf kynges forth bewent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	bewend
释义	† bewendv. Forms: Also Old English bewendan, Middle English bi-, by-, bewende(n. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English bewęndan = Old Saxon biwendian , Old High German biwentan (Middle High German and modern German bewenden ), Gothic biwandjan , < bi- , be- prefix 1 + Old Germanic wandjan to turn, causative of windan to wind v.¹; bewend is thus the causative of bewind v. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To turn round, turn away. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > turn (something) to a (different) direction > turn round bewendc1000 beturn?c1225 to turn rounda1560 to bring about1680 round1890 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) v. 30 He cwæð bewend to þære menigu. a1300 Cursor Mundi 825 Alkin blis was þan bi-went, Fra þaim. c1314 Guy Warw. (1849) 253 Sir Gii his stede biwent tho. 2. reflexive. To turn oneself round. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (reflexive)] > turn round bewendc1000 beturn?c1225 turnc1330 to turn abouta1400 to turn round1449 convertc1572 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 22 And se Hælend bewende hyne. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9024 Hiȝendliche he hine biwet [read biwent]. c1314 Guy Warw. (1840) 187 Biwende the, seyd Herhaud fre. 3. intransitive (for reflexive) ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > turn round or to face a direction > turn to opposite direction turnc1225 bewenda1300 to turn aboutc1330 returna1470 wheel1639 face1644 to turn on one's heel1669 to turn around1756 to turn round1787 about-face1896 about-turn1927 U-turn1931 U1971 a1300 Body & Soul in Map's Poems (1841) 334 Wan the gost it scholde go, yt biwente and withstod. c1330 Kyng of Tars 1026 Theos fyf kynges forth bewent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.c1000
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