Middle English Dictionary Entry
wend(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wend(e n. Also (in place names) weind-, whend-. |
| Etymology | OE wend & LOE wend- (in place names). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. went(e n.
1.
(a) A turning, turn;
(b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.253; some exx. could also be construed as p.ppl. of wenden v.].
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1161 : Þer myȝt mon se, as þay slypte, slentying of arwes; At vche wende vnder wande wapped a flone.
b
- (1195) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)67 : Wendeie.
- (1275) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames375 : William Wende.
- (1285) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.) ()67 : Weyndeye.
- (1297) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames375 : Roger atte Wend.
- (1332) Name in LuSE 79114 : Joh. atte Vend.
- (1348) Deed Yks.in YASRS 392 : [3 s. from tenements…on the north side of] le persone wende.
- (1386) EPNSoc.18 (Mid.) ()103 : Wendenegrene.
- (1392) Name in LuSE 79 ()114 : Will. atte Wend.
- (1397) EPNSoc.18 (Mid.) ()103 : Wendenesgrene.
- (1406) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)542 : Wendeneho.
- (1437) EPNSoc.18 (Mid.) ()103 : Whendengrene.