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WENDING
Verb
wending
present participle of wend
Noun
wending (plural wendings)
act of going, course
direction
Source: Wiktionary
WEND
Wend, obs.
Definition: p. p. of Wene. Chaucer.
Wend, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wended, Obs. Went; p. pr. & vb. n. Wending.] Etym: [AS. wendan to turn, to go, caus. of windan to wind; akin to OS. wendian, OFries. wenda, D. wenden to turn, G. wenden, Icel. venda, Sw. vända, Dan. vende, Goth. wandjan. See Wind to turn, and cf. Went.]
1. To go; to pass; to betake one's self. "To Canterbury they wend." Chaucer. To Athens shall the lovers wend. Shak.
2. To turn round. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Wend, v. t.
Definition: To direct; to betake;- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively. "Great voyages to wend." Surrey.
Wend, n. (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [Obs.] Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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