wendan

Senses

1. to turn

   Ic bidde eow, wendað min heafod adune, and astreccað mine fet wið heofonas weard: ne eom ic wyrðe þæt ic swa hangige swa min Drihten.

   I beseech you, turn my head down, and stretch my feet towards heaven: I am not worthy to hang as my Lord.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE PASSION OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL"

2. to change

   For þām hit nis nā unnytt þæt wē hopiġen tō Gode, for þām hē ne went nā swā swǣ wē dōþ.

   It's not useless for us to put our hope in God, because he doesn't change like we do.

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

3. to translate

   Ælfrēd cyning wende þās bōc of Bōclǣdene on Englisċ.

   King Alfred translated this book from Latin to English.

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

4. to go or depart

5. to happen

Conjugation

Senses

1. alternative form of wēndon