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† to-ˈwend, v. Obs.
[OE. towendan, f. to-2 + wendan to turn, wend.]
1. trans. To turn over; to overthrow, demolish; to turn upside down, disturb greatly.
c893K. ælfred Oros. vi. x. §1 Hi woldon towendon ealle þa ᵹesetnessa & ealle þa ᵹebodu þe Domitianus hæfde ær ᵹeset. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 46 We ᵹehyrdon..þæt Crist towyrpð þas stowe, and towent ða ᵹesetnysse ðe us Moyses tæhte. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 191 Mid þusendfeld wrenches þe deuel to-wendeð þe herte. c1205Lay. 27062 Þæ astalden þer flem..Þa rugges to-wenden [c 1275 Þo torne..hii þe rugges]. 1225Ancr. R. 324 A wummon þet haueð forloren hir nelde [= needle] oðer a sutare his el, he secheð hine anonriht, & to-went euerich strea uort he beo ifunden.
2. intr.
a. To turn in different directions, disperse, separate.
b. To go to pieces, break asunder; also fig.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 75 Þe twelue apostles..er heo to⁓wenden in to al þis middelerd. c1205Lay. 30235 Duglas þa water wes ihaten Þer heo tou-wenden. c1374Chaucer Compl. Mars 102 His myghty spere as he was wont to fyght He shaketh so that almost it to-wonde Ful hevy was he to walken ouer londe. c1380Sir Ferumb. 2568 Ogier Denys..smot to sire Mahound Þat al to pieces he to-wond & ful doun on þe ground. a1400Sir Beues (E.) 1645 + 27 He smoot þe dore vp wiþ hys ffoot, Þat þe dore al towond. |