| 释义 |
† aˈwend, v. Obs.
[OE. awęndan (= OHG. irwendan, Ger. erwenden, Goth. uswandjan), f. a- prefix 1 + węndan to turn: see wend v. Also for OE. onwęndan: see a- prefix 2.]
1. trans. To turn, turn away.
Beowulf 384 Ne mihte snotor hæleð wean onwendan. c1000Ags. Ps. lxxiv. 11 For hwan awendest þu wuldres ansyne? c1175Lamb. Hom. 109 Þe alde mon nule his mod to gode awendan.
b. fig. To change. Also refl.
c1000ælfric Gen. xix. 26 Lothes wif..wearð sona awende to anum sealtstane. c1175Lamb. Hom. 219 Hi alle wurðon awende of þan féᵹre híwe. Ibid. 229 He awende water to uine. Ibid. 81 Þe king of heuene..auenede him in to his iscefte.
2. intr. To turn or go away, to depart.
c1000Ags. Ps. lxxviii. 57 Hi awendan aweᵹ. c1175Cott. Hom. 225 Were swithe maneȝe on yfele awende. c1305St. Kenelm in E.E.P. (1862) 56 Vyf myle wei hi were awend.
b. fig. To turn or change to.
c1175Cott. Hom. 223 Þu eart of eorðe ᵹenume . and þu awénst to eorðe . Þu æart dust and þu awénst to duste. |