v. Obs. [OE. awęndan (= OHG. irwendan, Ger. erwenden, Goth. uswandjan), f. A- pref. 1 + węndan to turn: see WEND. Also for OE. onwęndan: see A- pref. 2.]
1. trans. To turn, turn away.
Beowulf, 384. Ne mihte snotor hæleð wean onwendan.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. lxxiv. 11. For hwan awendest þu wuldres ansyne?
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 109. Þe alde mon nule his mod to gode awendan.
b. fig. To change. Also refl.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gen. xix. 26. Lothes wif … wearð sona awende to anum sealtstane.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 219. Hi alle wurðon awende of þan féʓre hiwe. 229. He awende water to uine. 81. Þe king of heuene … auenede him in to his iscefte.
2. intr. To turn or go away, to depart.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. lxxviii. 57. Hi awendan aweʓ.
c. 1175. Cott. Hom., 225. Were swithe maneȝe on yfele awende.
c. 1305. St. Kenelm, in E. E. P. (1862), 56. Vyf myle wei hi were awend.
b. fig. To turn or change to.
c. 1175. Cott. Hom., 223. Þu eart of eorðe ʓenume . and þu awénst to eorðe . Þu æart dust and þu awénst to duste.
