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wendan, <b>. II.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
§60; §259; §530; §638;
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  • Went hié sió wamb,

      Lch. ii. 216, 20.
with the idea of hostility, to turn on
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  • Hé hiene siþþan wende on his þrié gebróðor

    parricidia in fratres convertit,

      Ors. 3, 7; 8. 114, 9.
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  • Binnan þám wendun gewyrda

    meanwhile things were happening,

      Cht. Th. 207, 22.

  • Hwí ðú ǽfre wolde ꝥ sió wyrd on gewill wendan sceolde?

    cur tantas lubrica versat fortuna vices ?

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      Met. 4, 34.
with idea of hostility, to turn on
or against
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  • Hé wende on þá áne þe him getriéwe wǽron

    bellum vertit in socios,

      Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 1.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wendan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/60348.

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