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ge-wendan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-wendan, p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend.
v. trans.
To turn, change, translate, incline, bring about
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  • Gif hit eówer ǽnig mǽge gewendan ðæt ...

    if any of you can bring it about that...,

    • Cd. 22
      • ;
    • Th. 27, 35
      • ;
    • Gen. 428
      • .

  • He cwæþ ðætte ǽghwilc ungemyndig rihtwísnesse hine hræðe sceolde eft gewendan in to sínum módes gemyndo

    he said that every one unmindful of righteousness should speedily turn again to his mind,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 22, 113
      • ;
    • Met. 22, 57
      • .

  • Wicg gewende

    he turned his steed,

    • Beo. Th. 635
      • ;
    • B. 315
      • .

  • Gewend

    conversus,

    • Lk. Bos. 22, 32
      • .

  • His folc eall to yfele gewend ys

    this people is all inclined to evil,

    • Ex. 32, 22
      • .

  • Him ðæt heáfod was adúne gewended

    his head was turned down,

    • Blickl. Homl. 173, 4
      • .

  • Ne biþ ðé nó líf afyrred ac biþ gewenden[?] in ðæt betere

    life is not taken from thee but changed to the better,

    • Shrn. 119, 29
      • .

  • Ðonne weorþeþ sunne sweart gewended

    then shall the sun be turned black,

    • Exon. 21 b
      • ;
    • Th. 58, 14
      • ;
    • Cri. 935
      • .
v. intrans.
To turn [one's self], change, go, return
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  • Wá biþ ðam ðe sceal frófre ne wénan wihte gewendan

    woe to the man that must expect no comfort, who must change [his condition] in nothing [whose state is hopeless and unchangeable?],

    • Beo. Th. 374
      • ;
    • B. 186
      • .

  • He gewendeþ on ða wyrsan hand

    he turns to the worse side,

    • Salm. Kmmbl. 997
      • ;
    • Sal. 500
      • .

  • Hwílum hie gewendaþ on wyrmes líc

    sometimes they turn into the body of a snake,

    • 305
      • ;
    • Sal. 152
      • .

  • Siððan nǽfre to unrihtum ne gewendaþ

    never afterwards do they turn to iniquity,

    • Blickl. Homl. 193, 24
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1230
      • ;
    • El. 617
      • .

  • Drusiana hám gewende

    Drusiana went home,

    • Homl. Th. i. 60, 20
      • .

  • Drihten gewende to heofenum

    the Lord returned to heaven,

    • 74, 19
      • .

  • Gewendon ealle heom hám

    they all went home,

    • Chr. 1052
      • ;
    • Erl. 183, 11, 6, 12, 15
      • .

  • Ðá wæs se cyng gewend ofer Temese

    then the king was gone over the Thames,

    • 1006
      • ;
    • Erl. 140, 29
      • :
    • 1052
      • ;
    • Erl. 183, 18
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wendan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16779.

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