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Wynd, Wind, v. Also: wynde, wend, weynd, veynd(e, wound, wownd, win(e. P.t. wynd, wand(e, wend, woon, vindit, wandit. P.p. woundit, winded, windin, wondyn, wynd(e, wind, wand, weind, wond, wound, win, woon(e. [ME and e.m.E. winde(n (Layamon), winde(n (14th c.), wynd(en (c1315), wynde(n (c1325), OE windan, MLG, MDu. winden, ON vinda.]

1. tr.To wrap (a corpse) in a winding sheet.pres. 1456 Misc. Bann. C. III 97.
I ordane thrie eln of brayd clayth to wynd me in 1581 Edinb. Test. IX 231a.
He leuis … to the wyf that wyndis him ane sark 1660 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 700.
The mother was not witness to the last sigh; possibly, cannot get leave to wind the son, nor to weep over his grave 1666 S. Ronaldshay 54.
The grave of … two of the disecessed persones … was opponed. And divers persons who … did handle them and wynd them quhen they wer burryed, wer now caused to handle thair naked bodyesp.t. a1400 Leg. S. i 734.
His discipill Marcellus And his comper Apuleus Tuk done his cors, and honorabli Wand it with clathis and spycery a1400 Leg. S. l 986.
Purphire … tuk hir cors, & wandit wele, & it enointit euirilke deile With bawme a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 1299.
Thir twa knychtis … In syndoun claith Him wand with reuerence(b) 1533 Gau 44/15.
Thay vindit his halie body, and sine laid it in the grawe 1563 St. A. Kirk S. 166.
Sche wes present in tym of deces of ane barne … and lowked the barnis eyn and wynd hymp.p. c1420 Wynt. v 4003 (W).
It may be callit vnhonest tulȝe To se the quyk the dede dispulȝe Quhen he is woundit [C., R. wondyn] in his schete(b) 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. vii.
For before that by the Libitinarian cure the dead was weind(c) 1683 Erskine Diary 24.
He had been taken out of his chest … in order to be winded(d) 1685 Sinclair Satan's Inv. World 192.
When he had hung the ordinary time … he was cut down, and his body put into a bier, and carried to the Tolbuith to be woon

b. To wrap (a baby) in a shawl, etc.p.t. c1515 Asl. MS II 274/52.
Blist be thi handis that wande Him in the crib(b) c1530-40 Stewart in Bann. MS 252b/42.
Allace that evir fader me gat Or moder me wend in claisp.p. ?a1500 Remembr. Passion 124.
O Lord Jesu, that wald for mankind be maid man, born of a pure damesaill, wind in sober claithis, and laid in a cribe a1550 Goldin Latany 31.
For the cald crib in the quhilk thou wes put and wynd in wile claithtis and nurist with virgin mylk: Have marcy on ws

c. To wrap (a (dying) person) in cloth, etc. a1538 Abell 53a.
He gart … serwandis wind him in a wil sek & haif him furth on the feild & la him thare downe … and he hawand his eyn to the hewin ȝeldit his spret

d. To wrap (an object, also bones, ? relics) in cloth. 1535 Stewart 46034.
Wes fund … Of alabast ane prettie pig … And in that pig war banis mony one Weill wynd in silk a1578 Pitsc. I 197/4.
This hielandman … tuik the samyn [sc. the crown] and wand it in his playd

2. To pull (something) up by winding a rope round a roller or axle, specif. to hoist (a sail), to raise (an anchor, the weights of a clock, etc.). Also const. up. b. To wind (a rope or cable) on to a roller, for this purpose.(a) c1475 Wall. ix 51.
The seymen than … Ankyrs wand in … on athir syd c1475 Wall. x 872.
He … Bad wynd the saill in all the haist thai may 1535 Stewart 38803.
The Danis … with all thair raipis red Wand saill to top, and saillit syne 15.. Lichtoun Dreme 35 (B).
We wand vp saill and couth our anker wey 15… Aberd. B. Rec. MS (Jam. s.v. Peassis).
To wend the peassis thairof [sc. of the clock] 1604 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 796a.
For mending the aixtre thatt wyndes vp the paisis of the kirk xiij s. iiij d.(b) 1575 Day-bk. J. Cokburn 18.
For twa pownd Danskyne yrin to mend the axtre of the knoke that wowndis up the wyndowsis … ii s. iii d.fig. c1409-1436 Kingis Q. § 18.
My wit vnto the saile that now I wynd, To seke connyng, tho I bot lytill fyndb. 1549 Compl. 40/13, 14.
The maister … bald the marynalis lay the cabil to the cabilstok, to veynde and veye. … the marynalis began to veynd the cabil, vitht mony loud cry

3. To interweave with withies, etc., to construct or repair objects or buildings, etc. by this means. Also fig.(a) a1500 Rauf C. 366.
He kest twa creillis on ane capill, with coillis anew, Wandit thame with widdeis, to wend on that wane a1578 Pitsc. I 336/4.
Ane faire palice of greine tymmer wond witht birkis that war grein batht wnder and abone 1574–5 Haddington Treas. Acc. 9.
Broum was gotten to wound the kyrk wyndokis(b) 1596 Dalr. I 42/28.
Nocht sa mekle fishe thay with nettis, as with skepis, or long kreilis, win with wickeris in the forme of a hose sa round wouenfig. c1590 Fowler I 138/2.
The fyres, the cordes, the girns, the snairs, and darts, Quhairwith blind love hes me enflamd and wound

b. To twist or plait (up) (one's hair). c1650 Spalding II 32.
He put af his doublet, and wynd wp his hair with his handis, and put on a white cap 1662 Highland P. III 22.
The divill promised to give her any thing shee desyred and to teach her how to bring home Adam Ker and woon her hayre quairin she promised to be his servant

4. To turn (a plough) at the end of a rig; to use (a plough); to plough (a rig). Also in fig. context. a1500 Henr. Fab. 1722.
Sum makand dyke, and sum the pleuch can wynd c1500-50 Pleuch-Song in Tools & Tillage I iii 178.
Wind about, Brandie, trow belly, trow belly … wind marrow Garie … The red stot & the dun, Wind about, hold, draw him forth in the Roods name 1569 Crail B. Ct. 17 April.
Licence to the said Dauid to weynd thre rygis of his in the Sefeildfig. 1638 Henderson Serm. 281.
Even when they were come to the rig's end, and beginning to turn, and wynding about, the Lord did cut their cords, and made the pleugh to stand still

5. To enfold in the arms, embrace. 15.. Clar. v 1917.
Glaider war never Sir Troylus of Troy, When he had Cressed in his arms windin c1590 Fowler I 387/304.
That thou voutchsafe tentere the corps That of thyne armes hathe wynde

6. intr.To extend our or encroach upoun (an area of land). 1513 Doug. vi xiii 85.
Hys empire sal delait and wynde Our Garamantas, and the forthar Inde 1569 Crail Reg. Sas. MS 17 April.
The jugis … ordanis ilk ane of the saidis parteis … to weynd vpoun all the landis occupiit be thame except vpoun ane breid daile with twa rygis nyxte adiacent 1577 Prot. Bk. J. Scott 37b.
The haill landis … with the haill breid of Inchehaddis of the calff ward and sex buttis of land wyndand vpoun thair awin ȝard dyk 1659 Lanark B. Rec. 172.
That no man quho hes endes of landes lyand to the braidsyde of ane uther that they na wayes wynd upoun the braidsyd

b. specif.Of a river: To follow a winding course, meander. 1604-31 Craig vi 4.
The sinuose Forth, Which with meanders winding heer and there Great Britans king upon her back did beare 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 21.
In sewerall places it [sc. the river] wines so on the land that it makes considerable islands

c. fig.To make one's way into a person's favour. a1497, 15.. Gray MS iv 94.
With lufe thi hert wp to me wynd 1640 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 601.
If ye can wind-in into His love … what a second heaven's paradise … is it 1657 Balfour Ann. I 180.
He so wyndes [pr. royndes] himselue in the kings bosome, that againe he becomes sole director of hes counsells

7. tr.To wind or wrap (something) about a part of the body. 1616 Dalyell Darker Superst. 119.
She tuik ane woll threid, and vsit certane crossis and coniurationes upoun it … She gave it to hir dochter to be given to the said Garth, to be woone about his head nyne nyghtis, and then to be burnt: quhairby Garth gat rest

8. To win(d) (someone) a pirn, see Pirn n. 1 d for examples. 1687 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII 162.
Win

9. transf.To get one's body ready for motion. a1500 Sir Eger 857 (L).
Sir Eger saith ‘Now Sir Grahame, Wind up, Sir, and on your feet’