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wending

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wending, e;
Wright's OE grammar
§615;
f Turning.
a turning round, revolution. Cf. wendan,
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  • On ánre wendinge, ða hwíle ðe hé (

    the firmament

    ) ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída,
      Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 30.
a turning up or
over
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  • Gif ðǽr sié ðæs hrifes wendung

    if the stomach be upset

    (?),
      Lchdm. ii. 228, 24.
changing, mutation
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  • Ne wyrð ðisses nǽfre nán wending

    non movebor de generations in generationem,

      Ps. Th. 9, 26.
  • Wendincg, 29 6.
  • Earfoðe ys fǽrlíc wendincg

    difficilis est subita permutatio,

      Scint. 63, 20.
  • Hit gedéð hit self him selfum suíðe ungelíc for ðære gelómlícan wendinge

    mutabilitate se varium exhibet,

      Past. 42; Swt. 306, 17.
  • Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse búton wendinge (cf. unonwendendlíce,

      Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24), Met. 7, 41.
Etymology
[Dyaþ is a wendinge, and þet ech wot, Ayenb. 70, 34. At the wendyng at the turn (versura), Pall. 44, 12.]
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v. á-wending.
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