Be-wendan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

be-wendan

Add: To turn about, round. (1) of simple movement :-- Se drý geband Philetum swá þæt hé bewendan ne mihte, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 18. Hine bewendan fram wíte tó wite, Hml. S. 37, 180. (2) to turn the face to or from an object, (a) reflexive :-- þ á bewende Nero hine tó Paulum, Hml. Th. i. 378, 8. (b) intrans. :-- ꝥ Mód wiþ his bewende, Bt. 3, 1 ; F. 4, 29. (3) denoting purpose, to turn one's attention:-- Iudas hine bewende and wan wið ðá hǽðenan. Hml. S. 25, 385. [N. E. D. be-wend. O. Sax. O. L. Ger. bi-wendian : O. H. Ger. pi-wenten : Goth. bi-wandjan to pass by, avoid.] be-wendan