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a-wendan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
a-wendan, ic -wende, ðú -wendest, -wenst, he -wendeþ, -went, pl. -wendaþ; p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend, -went.
v. trans.
To turn away or off, avert, remove, to turn upside down, turn, change, translate, pervert; avertere, vertere, mutare, transferre, subvertere
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  • Ansýne ðýn awendst ðú

    faciem tuam avertis,

    • Ps. Spl. 43, 27
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 73, 11 : 103, 27 : 101, 2 : 77, 38
      • .

  • Heó awent hyre hús and sécþ geornlíce óþ heó hine fint

    sche turneth upsodoun the hous and sekith diligently til sche fynde it,

    • Wyc
      • ;
    • Lk. Bos. 15, 8
      • .

  • He wæter awende to wínlícum drence

    he turned water into winelike drink,

    • Ælfc. T. 27, 7
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 101, 28
      • :
    • Gen. 19, 26
      • :
    • Cd. 14; Th. 17, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 259
      • :
    • Jn. Bos. 10, 35
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  • 'Historia Anglorum' ða ðe Ælfréd cyning of Lédene on Englisc awende

    [Bede's] Historia Anglorum, which king Alfred translated from Latin into English,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 116, 30-118, 1
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  • Ðeáh ðe seó bóc on Englisc awend sý

    though the book be translated into English,

    • 118, 5
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  • Ne nim ðú lác, ða awendaþ rihtwísra word

    nec accipies munera, quæ subvertunt verba justorum,

    • Ex. 23, 8
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v. intrans.
To turn or direct oneself to turn from, go, depart; se vertere, ire
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  • Ðæt hý, mid sume searawrence, from Xerse awenden [awende MS.]

    that they would by some stratagem turn from Xerxes,

    • Ors. 2, 5 ; Bos. 47, 41
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  • Hí awendon aweg

    they turned away,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 57
      • .
Similar entries
v. wendan.
Linked entries
v.  a-wændan a-wend a-went eowendende.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-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/2678.

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