Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense wends, present participle wending, past tense, past participle wended
See wend your way
wend in British English
(wɛnd)
verb
to direct (one's course or way); travel
wend one's way home
Word origin
Old English wendan; related to Old High German wenten, Gothic wandjan; see wind2
Wend in British English
(wɛnd)
noun
(esp in medieval European history) a Sorb; a member of the Slavonic people who inhabited the area between the Rivers Saale and Oder in the early Middle Ages and were conquered by Germanic invaders by the 12th century
See also Lusatia
Wend in American English
(wɛnd)
noun
Lusatian (sense 1)
Word origin
Ger wende, akin to OE Winedas, the Wends: see Venetic
wend in American English
(wɛnd)
verb transitive
1.
to proceed or go on (one's way)
verb intransitive
2. Archaic
to go; journey; travel
Word origin
ME wenden < OE wendan, to turn, akin to Du & Ger wenden, caus. formation < base of wind1
Examples of 'wend' in a sentence
wend
A weaver to Canterbury his way did wend, And to Heaven his soul I did send.
Grace, C.L A SHRINE OF MURDERS (2004)
Panting slightly, Laura began to wend her way between the tables, heard a woman hiss, `That's Laura Conway the photographer.
Martin, Joy THE IMAGE OF LAURA (2004)
I think I'll wend my way to a Corner House for cod and chips.
Laurie Graham MR STARLIGHT (2004)
The city was busy at that hour of the morning, and they were forced to wend their way through the press.
Raymond E. Feist RISE OF A MERCHANT PRINCE: BOOK TWO OF THE SERPENTWAR SAGA (2004)