[UP- 4. Cf. UPWOUND pa. pple., and (M)Du. opwinden, MLG. upwinden, MHG. ûfwinden (G. aufwinden), MSw. op-, upvinda (Sw. uppvinda), Da. opvinde.]
† 1. a. intr. To fly up. Obs.–1
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 2988. He smot … on ðe lond, And gnattes hird ðor ðicke up-wond.
† b. trans. = UPTAKE v. 1. Obs.–1
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3084. A suðen wind is fliȝt up-wond, And blew ðat day and al ðat niȝt.
† 2. To finish up; to complete. Obs.–1
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., VII. 47. Thus shal an ox in dayes fewe vpwynde An heruest al.
3. To wind, coil, or roll up (something).
1560. Nice Wanton, 51. Barn. Learne … to spyn and sowe…. Ism. Spyn, quod ha? Yea, by the masse, and with youre heles vp-wynd.
1613. Drumm. of Hawth., Cypress Grove, Wks. (S.T.S.), II. 71. The motion of a swift & euer-whirling wheele, which twinneth forth and againe vp-windeth our life?
b. To raise or hoist by winding.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, XV. vii. Her anchors she vpwound, And lanched foorth to sea her pinnesse flit.
4. intr. To become coiled up.
1616. J. Lane, Contn. Sqr.’s T., XI. 256. Speckd snakes … which turninge round, out sprange at length, and in againe vpwound.
5. To wind upwards.
1880. Lanier, Sunrise, 103. Low multitudinous stirring Upwinds through the woods.
