† beˈwind, v. Obs.
Also bi-. For forms see wind.
[Com. Teut.: OE. bewindan, f. be-, bi-, be- 1 + windan to wind; cf. Goth. biwindan, OHG. bewintan, mod.G. bewinden.]
1. trans. To wind (a thing) about; to involve, envelop with (bands, etc.).
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxvii. 59 Joseph ᵹenam þone lichoman, & bewand hyne mid clænre scytan. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 95 Þe crisme cloð . þe þe prest biwindeð þat child mide. c 1280 Christ on Cross in E.E.P. (1862) 20 Loke to is heued . wiþ þornis al be-wonde. |
b. fig.
| a 1000 Beowulf 6097 Iu-monna gold galdre bewunden. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 11 Ȝet is sume þarfore of unbileue ifild..and swo faste bunden . and swo biwunde þarinne. c 1340 Cursor M. 22492 So soiled in oure synne And al bi⁓wounden now þer Inne. |
2. To wind or twine oneself round.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 87 And þanne ferde þe fule gost . and seuen oðre gostes..and bitrumede þat child..and biwunden it . and biwalden it al. 1393 Gower Conf. II. 295 A gret serpent it hath bewounde. |