windan

From Proto-Germanic *windaną. Cognate with Old Frisian winda (West Frisian wine), Old Saxon windan (Low German winden), Dutch winden, Old High German wintan (German winden), Old Norse vinda (Danish vinde, Swedish vinda), Gothic *𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*windan).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwin.dɑn/

windan

1. to twist, wind, circle, curl, spiral, eddy
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Warað hine wræclāst, · nales wunden gold,
     ferðloca frēoriġ, · nalæs foldan blǣd.

     His path of exile not at all hold twisted gold,
     the cold spirit, not at all earth's glory.

• ætwindan
• bewindan
• ġewindan
• unwindan

• wendan

• Middle English: wynden
  • English: wind
  • Scots: wind, wund, win, wun

From Proto-Germanic *windaną. Compare Old English windan, ƿindan, Old Frisian winda, Old High German wintan, Old Norse vinda, Gothic *𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*windan).

windan

1. to wind

• Low German: winnen