gewendan

Meaning

1. to change, turn

2. to translate, incline, bring about

3. to bring to a condition, change into

   An. DLXXXV Hēr wearþ on Brytene blōdi rēn ⁊ meolc and butere wurdon ġewend to blōde.

   Year 685 In this year there was bloody rain in Britain and milk and butter were turned into blood.

   The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

4. to return, cause to move, wend

   Ða het se apostol ða bære settan, and cwæð, "Min Drihten, Hælend Crist! Arære ðe, Drusiana; aris, and ġecyrr hām, and gearca ús gereordunge on þinum hūse." Drusiana þa arás swilce of slæpe awreht, and, carfull be ðæs apostoles hæse, hām gewende.

   Then the apostle bade them set down the bier, and said, "My Lord, Jesus Christ! Raise thee, Drusiana; arise, and return home, and prepare refection for us in thy house." Drusiana then arose as if from sleep awakened, and, mindful of the apostle's command, returned home.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"

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