v. Obs. Also 1 bewendan, 34 bi-, by-, bewende(n. [Common Teut.: OE. bewęndan = OS. biwendian, OHG. biwentan (MHG. and mod.G. bewenden), Goth. biwandjan, f. bi-, BE- 1 + OTeut. wandjan to turn, causal of windan to WIND; bewend is thus the causal of BEWIND.]
1. trans. To turn round, turn away.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Mark v. 30. He cwæð bewend to þære meniʓu.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 825. Alkin blis was þan bi-went, Fra þaim.
c. 1314. Guy Warw. (1849), 253. Sir Gii his stede biwent tho.
2. refl. To turn oneself round.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. ix. 22. And se Hælend bewende hyne.
c. 1205. Lay., 18084. Hiȝendliche he hine biwent.
c. 1314. Guy Warw. (1840), 187. Biwende the, seyd Herhaud fre.
3. intr. (for refl.)
a. 1300. Body & Soul, in Maps Poems (1841), 334. Wan the gost it scholde go, yt biwente and withstod.
c. 1330. Kyng of Tars, 1026. Theos fyf kynges forth bewent.