Wend, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Wended, Obs. Went; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wending.] [AS. wendan to turn, to go, caus. of windan
to wind; akin to OS. wendian, OFries. wenda, D. wenden
to turn, G. wenden, Icel. venda, Sw. vända, Dan.
vende, Goth. wandjan. See Wind to turn, and cf.
Went.]
1. To go; to pass; to betake one's self. "To
Canterbury they wend." Chaucer.
To Athens shall the lovers wend.
Shak.
2. To turn round. [Obs.] Sir W.
Raleigh.
Wend (wĕnd), obs. p. p. of
Wene. Chaucer.
Wend, v. t. To direct; to betake; --
used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used
reflexively. "Great voyages to wend." Surrey.
Wend, n. (O. Eng. Law) A large
extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [Obs.]
Burrill.