† aˈwend, v. Obs.
[OE. awęndan (= OHG. irwendan, Ger. erwenden, Goth. uswandjan), f. a- prefix 1 + węndan to turn: see wend v. Also for OE. onwęndan: see a- prefix 2.]
1. trans. To turn, turn away.
| Beowulf 384 Ne mihte snotor hæleð wean onwendan. c 1000 Ags. Ps. lxxiv. 11 For hwan awendest þu wuldres ansyne? c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 109 Þe alde mon nule his mod to gode awendan. |
b. fig. To change. Also refl.
| c 1000 ælfric Gen. xix. 26 Lothes wif..wearð sona awende to anum sealtstane. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 219 Hi alle wurðon awende of þan féᵹre h{iacu}we. Ibid. 229 He awende water to uine. Ibid. 81 Þe king of heuene..auenede him in to his iscefte. |
2. intr. To turn or go away, to depart.
| c 1000 Ags. Ps. lxxviii. 57 Hi awendan aweᵹ. c 1175 Cott. Hom. 225 Were swithe maneȝe on yfele awende. c 1305 St. Kenelm in E.E.P. (1862) 56 Vyf myle wei hi were awend. |
b. fig. To turn or change to.
| c 1175 Cott. Hom. 223 Þu eart of eorðe ᵹenume . and þu awénst to eorðe . Þu æart dust and þu awénst to duste. |