wynden

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English windan, from Proto-West Germanic *windan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną.

Alternative forms

• wijnde, wind, winde, winden, wynd, wynde, wyndyn, wyynden, wyyndyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːndən/, /ˈwindən/

Verb

wynden (third-person singular simple present wyndeth, present participle wyndynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative wand, past participle wounden)

2. To turn about; to rotate:
   1. To twist, wind, or coil.
   2. To encircle; to wrap around.
   3. To wind around; to repeatedly encircle.
   4. To operate the mechanism of a winch or clock.
3. To move or toss about:
   1. To free from captivity.
   2. (rare, of a path) To meander; to wind.
   3. (cooking, rare) To knead or mix into a mass.
4. To wrap; to enclose or cover:
   1. To clothe; to dress.
   2. (figurative) To blanket; to surround.
5. To move ahead; to advance:
   • 15th c., “Iohannes baptista ”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 202:

     Bot, Iohn, weynd thou furth and preche / Agans the folk that doth amys / And to the pepyll the trowthe thou teche; / To rightwys way look thou tham avys

     But John, go forth and preach to the people who do wrong, and teach the people the truth; advise them as to the right way

   1. To charge or launch ahead.
   2. To spring; to fly out.
6. (rare) To plait; to weave.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• wynder
• wyndynge

Descendants

• English: wind
• Scots: wind, wund, win, wun

References

• “wīnden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From wynd +‎ -en (infinitival).

Alternative forms

• winden, wynde, wyndyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwindən/, /ˈwiːndən/

Verb

wynden (third-person singular simple present wyndeth, present participle wyndende, wyndynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wynded)

2. To ventilate; to air.
3. To wind (perceive by scent)
4. (rare) To wind (cause to lack breath)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• wyndynge

Descendants

• English: wind
• Scots: wind, win

References

• “wīnden, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.