# wynden
## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English windan, from Proto-West Germanic *windan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną.

#### Alternative forms

* wijnde, wind, winde, winden, wynd, wynde, wyndyn, wyynden, wyyndyn

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwiːndən/, /ˈwindən/

#### Verb

wynden (third-person singular simple present wyndeth, present participle wyndynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative wand, past participle wounden)
* To turn about; to rotate:
** To twist, wind, or coil.
** To encircle; to wrap around.
** To wind around; to repeatedly encircle.
** To operate the mechanism of a winch or clock.
* To move or toss about:
** To free from captivity.
** (rare, of a path) To meander; to wind.
** (cooking, rare) To knead or mix into a mass.
* To wrap; to enclose or cover:
** To clothe; to dress.
** (figurative) To blanket; to surround.
* To move ahead; to advance:
** 15th c., “Iohannes baptista [John the Baptist]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 202:Bot, Iohn, weynd thou furth and preche / Agans the folk that doth amys / And to the pepyll the trowthe thou teche; / To rightwys way look thou tham avysBut John, go forth and preach to the people who do wrong, and teach the people the truth; advise them as to the right way
** To charge or launch ahead.
** To spring; to fly out.
* (rare) To plait; to weave.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) winden, winde | (to) winden, winde |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | winde | wand, wound |
| 2nd-person singular | windest | wounde, wand, wound |
| 3rd-person singular | windeth, wint | wand, wound |
| subjunctive singular | winde | wounde$^1$ |
| imperative singular | winde | — |
| plural$^2$ | winden, winde | wounden, wounde |
| imperative plural | windeth, winde | — |
| participles | windynge, windende | wounden, wounde, ywounden, ywounde |
$^1$Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English. $^2$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Derived terms

* wynder
* wyndynge

##### Descendants

* English: wind
* Scots: wind, wund, win, wun

##### References

* “wīnden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From wynd +‎ -en (infinitival).

#### Alternative forms

* winden, wynde, wyndyn

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwindən/, /ˈwiːndən/

#### Verb

wynden (third-person singular simple present wyndeth, present participle wyndende, wyndynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wynded)
* To ventilate; to air.
* To wind (perceive by scent)
* (rare) To wind (cause to lack breath)

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) wynden, wynde | (to) wynden, wynde |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | wynde | wynded |
| 2nd-person singular | wyndest | wyndedest |
| 3rd-person singular | wyndeth | wynded |
| subjunctive singular | wynde | wynded |
| imperative singular | wynde | — |
| plural$^1$ | wynden, wynde | wyndeden, wyndede |
| imperative plural | wyndeth, wynde | — |
| participles | wyndynge, wyndende | wynded, ywynded |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Derived terms

* wyndynge

##### Descendants

* English: wind
* Scots: wind, win

##### References

* “wīnden, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.