v. Obs. 1–3. Pa. t. atwand, atwond. Pa. pple. atwunden, atwonde. [OE. ætwindan, f. AT- pref.2 + windan to WIND.] intr. To escape (with dative = from); to depart, cease.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Job i. 16 (Bosw.). Ic ána ætwánd.
c. 1200. Ormin, 8003. Þatt Crist ne shollde muȝhenn himm [Herod] Onn ane wise attwindenn.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3058. Moyses … helde up is hond, And al ðis vnweder ðor atwond.
