Ge-windan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-windan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-windan
p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden. I. torquĕre, plectere, implĭcāre :-- Ða þegnas gewundun ðæt sigbég of þornum milites plectentes coronam de spinis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19. 2. Ne hafu ic in heáfde hwíte loccas, wrǽste gewundne I have not white locks on my head, delicately wound, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 30; Rä. 41, 99. II. v. intrans. To go, turn, turn about, revolve, roll; īre. se vertĕre, volvĕre :-- He meahte wídre gewindan he might more widely turn about, Beo. Th. 1530; B. 763. Se aglǽca on fleám gewand the miserable being turned to flight, 2007; B. 1001: Homl.Th. i. 290, 19. Se líg gewand on láðe men the flame rolled on to the hostile men. Cd. 186; Th. 231, 22; Dan. 251. ge-windan

Related words: trans. To twist, weave, bend, wind;

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