Wynd vs Wend - What's the difference?
wynd | wend |
A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses.
*1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 637:
*:He flew through the moonlight streets, clattering over cobbles, darting down narrow alleys and up twisty wynds , racing to his love.
*2010 , Tom Dyckhoff, The Guardian , 10 Jul 2010:
*:Stirling's called an Edinburgh mini-me: the same winding wynds , the same historic core, castle, looming romantic hills. Only a lot cheaper.
(obsolete) To turn; change.
To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
* Surrey
(obsolete) To turn; make a turn; go round; veer.
(obsolete) To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.
(obsolete, UK, legal) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.
As nouns the difference between wynd and wend
is that wynd is a narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses while wend is a member of a slavic people from the borders of germany and poland; a sorb; a kashub.wynd
English
(wikipedia wynd)Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----wend
English
Verb
- We wended our weary way westward.
- Great voyages to wend .
- (Sir Walter Raleigh)
Usage notes
The modern past tense of (m) is (m). Originally it was (m), similarly to pairs such as (m)/(m), (m)/(m), (m)/(m), (m)/(m), or (m)/(m). However, (m) was long ago co-opted as the past tense of (m) (replacing (etyl) (m)) and using it as the past tense of (m) is now considered archaic.Synonyms
* to betake oneselfNoun
(en noun)- (Burrill)