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wending

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wending, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§615;
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.
]
Similar entries
v. á-wending.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wending.” 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/35082.

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