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1232 WIND-BLAND -- WINDUNG.

liquido longi spatia aetheris enatet volatu, Met. 31, 12. Hé wand him up þanon, hwearf him þurh ða helldora, Cd. Th. 29, 7 ; Gen. 446. Ðá wand se of his swuran he sprang from his neck, Homl. Th. i. 336, 17. Hornfisc plegode, and se græ-acute;ga mæ-acute;w wælgífre wand (flew circling round), Andr. Kmbl. 743 ; An. 372. Hremmas wundon, Byrht. Th. 134, 59; By. 106. Hé mid feðerhoman fleógan meahte, windan on wolcne, Cd. Th. 27, 15; Gen. 418. (b) of inanimate things :-- Dægscealdes hleó (the pillar of cloud) wand ofer wolcnum, Cd. Th. 182, 23 ; Exod. 80. Mid ðam worde wand fýr of heofonum at those words fire flew from heaven, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 249. Wand tó wolcnum wælfýra mæ-acute;st, Beo. Th. 2242 ; B. 1119. Ða spearcan wundon wið ðæs hrófes the sparks flew whirling towards the roof, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 229. Hé forlét wælspere windan on ða wícingas, Byrht. Th. 141, 14; By. 322. (c) of abstract subjects :-- Sió æcs wint of ðam hielfe, and eác ús of ðære honda UNCERTAIN ðonne ðonne sió lár wint on réðnesse securis manu fugit, cum sese increpatio in asperitatem pertrahit, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 8. (3) of twisting, rolling movement, (a) of living things :-- Hé wand swá swá wurm he writhed like a serpent, Homl. Th. i. 414, 17. Hwílum nacode men windaþ (winnaþ, MS.) ymbe wyrmas (cf. Canto xxv of the Inferno), Cd. Th. 273, 13; Sat. 136. Hé wearp hine ðá on wyrmes líc, and wand him ymbútan ðone deáðes beám he twined round the tree of death, Cd. Th. 31, 27 ; Gen. 491. (b) of inanimate things :-- Þúfas wundon ofer gárfare the banners fluttered above the battalions, Cd. Th. 199, 22 ; Exod. 342. Streámas wundon the waters rolled, Beo. Th. 430; B. 212. Staþelas wið wæ-acute;ge, wætre windendum, Exon. Th. 61, 9; Cri. 982. (4) fig. to waver. Cf. wandian :-- Gearo wæs Gúðlác; hine God fremede on ondsware and on elne strong; ne wond hé for worde (he did not waver on account of what was said to him), Exon. Th. 120, 1; Gú. 265. II. trans. (1) to twist, roll :-- Ðæt hors on misenlíce dæ-acute;las hit wond and ðræ-acute;ste cum equus diversas in partes se torqueret volutando, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 36. (2) to brandish, wave :-- Hé wand wácne æsc, Byrht. Th. 132, 68; By. 43. (3) to twist, plait, weave :-- Wundun intexunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 74. Hí wundon cynehelm of þornum plectentes coronam de spinis, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 29 : Jn. Skt. 19, 2. Windan plumemus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 78. Windan manigne smicerne wæ-acute;n, Shrn. 163, 15. Windende plectentis UNCERTAIN, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 32. Wundene mé ne beóð wefle, Exon. Th. 417, 15 ; Rä. 36, 5. Wundne loccas, 428, 7; Rä. 41, 104. Wundnum rápum fótas gefæstnian, Ps. Th. 139, 5. (4) to twist, give a curved form to (mostly as an epithet of gold made into ornaments ; cf. O. Sax. wundan gold) :-- Bunden, wunden (applied to a winecask), Exon. Th. 410, 26; Rä. 29, 5. Him wæs wunden gold geeáwed . . . hringas, healsbeága mæ-acute;st, Beo. Th. 2391; B. 1193: 6259; B. 3134: Exon. Th. 288, 17; Wand. 32 : Cd. Th. 124, 30; Gen. 2070. Beágas, welan, wunden gold, 116, 4; Gen. 1931 : 258, 9; Dan. 673. Wunden gold, . . . feoh and frætwa, 128, 18; Gen. 2128. Wunden gold (the ornament of a sheath), Exon. Th. 437, 6; Rä. 56, 3. Ic ðé leánige eáldgestreónum, wundnum golde, Beo. Th. 2768; B. 1382. Wundnan golde, Exon. Th. 326, 16; Víd. 129. [Þat we mosten ouer sæ winden mid seile (away wende, 2nd MS.), Laym. 20818. Stanes heo letten winden, 27461. He smat an Arðures sceld, þat he wond (fleh, 2nd MS.) a þene feld, 23964. Þe sparke þet wint up, A. R. 296, 13. Gif dust windeð up, 314, 8. In to reste his sowle wond, Gen. and Ex. 4136. &yogh;ho wand himm i winndeclut, Orm. 3320. Goth. bi-windan involvere; us-windan plectere: O. Sax. windan to fly; to roll; to plait: O. H. Ger. wintan torquere; rotari: Icel. vinda to twist, wind; to thrust; to hurl; to turn.] v. á-, æt-, be- (bi-), ge-, on-, óþ-, un-, ymb-windan; un-wunden.

wind-bland tumult of winds :-- Windblond gelæg, Beo. Th. 6284; B. 3146.

wind-cyrice, an; f. A round church (? cf. seonu-wealt, I) :-- Ic Eádwerd cinig begeat æt Deneulfe biscepe on Winteceastre ða windcirican, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 163, 12.

winde (?); adj. Curly :-- Winde loccas (windeloccas ?) cincinni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 43: 14, 27: 104, 6. [Cf. Icel. vindr awry, twisted.] v. windan.

-winde. [Cf. O. H. Ger. winta: Ger. winde: Icel. vinda a hank.] v. ed-, gearn-, næder-, wudu-winde.

-winde ; adj. v. ge-winde.

windel, es; m. A basket :-- Windil cartellus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 42. Windel, 13, 9 : cartellus, fiscella, 128, 78: cistella vel cartellum, i. 24, 56: cartallum, 86, 4. Wylige oððe windel corbis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28 ; Zup. 55, 13. Ða hláfas on ðam windle (canistro), Ex. 29, 32. Ic geseah swefen, ðæt ys, ðæt ic hæfde þrí windlas (canistra) ofer mín heáfod, and on ðam ufemystan windle (canistro) wæ-acute;re manegra cynna gebæc, Gen. 40, 17. Ðá nam heó ánne riscenne windel (fiscellam scirpeam) on scipwísan gesceapenne, Ex. 2, 3, 5, 6. Man sceal habban wilian, windlas, systras, sæ-acute;dleáp, Anglia ix. 264, 12.

windel-stán, es; m. A tower with a winding staircase :-- Windelstán coclea, gewind circuitus ascensus (the word occurs in a list of names of buildings), Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 3. [O. H. Ger. wentil-stein cochlea, turris in qua per circuitum scanditur.]

windel-streáw, -streów, es; n. Windle-straw, some kind of coarse grass or reed (v. windle-straws, E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) :-- Eár spica, egle aresta, windelstreów calmum, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 22: ii. 16, 74. Genim ðæt micle greáte windelstreáw twyecge, ðæt on worþium wixð, Lchdm. ii. 44, 4. v. windel.

windel-treów, es; n. A wild olive :-- Windeltreów oleaster, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 74 : ii. 64, 6. v. windel.

wind-fana, an ; m. A cloth for winnowing with, a fan :-- Windfona scabellum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 71: i. 289, 22. His fone &l-bar; windfone (fonnae &l-bar; windgefonnae, Lind.) in honda his and clæ-acute;nsaþ bereflór his cujus uentilabrum in manu ejus et purgauit aream suam, Lk. Skt. Rush. 3, 17. [Cf. Ventilabrum . . . a sayle or a wynde clothe. A wyndowe clothe ventilabrum, Prompt. Parv. 529, note 5. See also Cath. Angl. 419, note 3.]

wind-filled; adj. Wind-felled, blown down by the wind :-- Wudu&dash-uncertain;wearde gebyreþ æ-acute;lc windfylled treów, L. R. S. 19 ; Th. i. 440, 10.

wind-gerest, e; f. A windy resting-place (?), a hall open to the winds (?) :-- Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (? For the hall as a sleeping-place, cf. Monig snellíc sæ-acute;rinc selereste gebeáh, 1385; B. 690), Beo. Th. 4904 ; B. 2456. Cf. wind-sele.

wind-hladen; adj. Wind-laden, windy, Lye.

wind-hreóse (?), es; m. A storm of wind :-- Swá swá gód scipstýra ongit micelne windhreóse æ-acute;r æ-acute;r hit weorþe, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 14. Cf. wind-ræ-acute;s.

windig; adj. I. windy :-- Ðá com windi (wyndig, v. l.) ýst descendit procella uenti, Lk. Skt. 8, 23. Windig sumer, Lchdm. iii. 162, 30. Windig lengten, 164, 5. Wæs on ðam ofne, ðæ-acute;r se engel becwom, windig (breezy, airy) and wynsum, Cd. Th. 237, 33; Dan. 347. Windig wolcen, Exon. Th. 201, 24; Ph. 61. Ðes windiga sele (Hell), Cd. Th. 273, 14; Sat. 136. Heora wyrtruma bið swá swá windige ysla (ashes blown by the wind, sic radix eorum quasi favilla erit, et germen eorum ut pulvis ascendet, Is. 5, 24), Homl. Th. ii. 322, 20. Torras stódon, windige weallas, Andr. Kmbl. 1685 ; An. 845. Windige holmas, Exon. Th. 53, 26 ; Cri. 856. Ic sæ-acute;næssas geseón mihte, windige weallas, Beo. Th. 1148; B. 572: 2721; B. 1358. Swá síde swá sæ-acute; bebúgeþ windge eardweallas (wind geard weallas, MS.), 2452 ; B. 1224. Ia. fig. :-- Ðeáh ðeós weoruld wéde, and windige éhtnysse ástyrige ongeán Cristes gelaðunge, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 9. II. windy, flatulent. v. wind, II :-- Gif se útgang sié windig and wætrig, Lchdm. ii. 236, 6. Be windigre wambe, 162, 23. Wiþ windigre áþundenesse, 166, 25 : 188, 22. Wiþ ða þing ðe windigne æ-acute;þm on men wyrcen, 214, 3. [Icel. vindugr.]

Windles-óra, an; m. Windsor :-- Æt Windlesóran, Chr. 1061 ; Erl. 194, 3. Wæs se cyng on Windlesóran, 1095; Erl. 231, 22. Ðis writ wæs gemaced æt Windlesóren, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 209, 27. Ic habbe gegefan Criste and Sancte Petre intó Westmynstre Windlesóran and Stáne, 227, 6: 178, 19.

wind-ræ-acute;s, es; m. A storm of wind :-- Windræ-acute;s procella, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 37.

wín-drenc, es; m. Wine: -- Wíndrenc (-dred, 1.UNCERTAIN 10, -drend, 1.UNCERTAIN 12, MS.) vinum, R. Ben. Interl. 72, 10, 12. Ða cempan him budon drincan gebitrodne wíndrenc, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 16. v. wín-drync.

wín-druncen; adj. Drunken with wine, drunken :-- Wíndruncen vinolentus, R. Ben. Interl. 20, 13. Wíndruncen gewit, Cd. Th. 262, 32 ; Dan. 753. Wíndruncynes temulenti, Kent. Gl. 985. Wíndruncene uinolentae, ebriae, Germ. 394, 250. [Gumen weoren windrunken (dronge of wine, 2nd MS.), Laym. 8126. O. H. Ger. wín-trunchan temulentus : Icel. vín-drukkinn.]

wín-drync, es; m. Wine: -- Heortan manna must and wíndrinc myclum blissaþ vinum laetificet cor hominis, Ps. Th. 103, 14. Wé þeáh ræ-acute;daþ ðæt munecum tó wíndrince (-drynce, -drence, v. ll. ) náht ne belimpe licet legamus uinum monachorum non esse, R. Ben. 64, 21. [Icel. vín-drykkr.] v. wín-drenc, -gedrinc.

wind-scofl, e; f. A fan :-- Winds(c)obl ventilabrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 66. [Cf. O. L. Ger. wind-scúfla ventilabrum; O. H. Ger. wint-scúvala ventilabrum.] v. windwig-scofl.

wind-sele, e; m. A windy hall :-- Wíde geond windsele (Hell; cf. Ðes windiga sele, 273, 14 ; Sat. 136), Cd. Th. 284, 11; Sat. 320: 288, 23; Sat. 386.

wind-swingla, an; m. A fan: -- Windswingla pala vel ventilabrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 36.

windu-mær. v. wudu-mær.

windung, e; f. Something woven or plaited, a hurdle (cf. plecta hyrdle, Hpt. Gl. 497, 70) :-- Windonge plecta (cf. gewind plectas, 68, 71: plecta quilibet nexus ex virgulis, vel papyro, vel carecto, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 77.

windung, winnung, e; f. What is winnowed, chaff, straw :-- Ða winnunga zizania, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 38. Wynnunga, 26. Wynnung, 25. Ða halm &l-bar; ða windungo (winnunge, Rush.) paleas, Lk. Skt. Lind.