"bewend" meaning in English

See bewend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: bewends [present, singular, third-person], bewending [participle, present], bewent [participle, past], bewent [past], bewended [participle, past], bewended [past]
Etymology: From Middle English bewenden, biwenden, from Old English bewendan (“to turn around”), from Proto-Germanic *biwandijaną. Equivalent to be- + wend. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bewenden}} Middle English bewenden, {{m|enm|biwenden}} biwenden, {{inh|en|ang|bewendan||to turn around}} Old English bewendan (“to turn around”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*biwandijaną}} Proto-Germanic *biwandijaną, {{prefix|en|be|wend}} be- + wend Head templates: {{en-verb|bewends|bewending|bewent|past2=bewended}} bewend (third-person singular simple present bewends, present participle bewending, simple past and past participle bewent or bewended)
  1. (transitive, chiefly dialectal) To turn; turn around. Tags: dialectal, transitive

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bewend meaning in English (2.7kB)

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