wend

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I to the Woodlands wend, and there

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  1. transitive verb To proceed on or along; go: wend one's way home.
  2. intransitive verb To go one's way; proceed.

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  1. Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan.

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  1. from Middle English wenden, from Anglo-Saxon wendan, transitive turn, intr, turn oneself, proceed, go, = Old Saxon w endian, wendean = OFries. wenda = Dutch wenden, turn, tack, = Old High German wentan, Middle High German G. wenden, cause to turn, = Icelandic venda, wend, turn, change, = Swedish vända = Danish vende = Gothic (Moesogothic) wandjan, cause to turn; cans, of Anglo-Saxon windan, etc., turn, wind: see wind, v.
 

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