Wend \Wend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wended}, Obs. {Went}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wending}.] [AS. wendan to turn, to go, caus. of windan to wind; akin to OS. wendian, OFries. wenda, D. wenden to turn, G. wenden, Icel. venda, Sw. v["a]nda, Dan. vende, Goth. wandjan. See {Wind} to turn, and cf. {Went}.] 1. To go; to direct; to pass; to betake one's self; to direct one's course or way. "Great voyages to wend.'' —Surrey "To Canterbury they wend.'' —Chaucer. "To Athens shall the lovers wend." —Shak. 2. To turn round. [Obs.] —Sir W. Raleigh. 3. A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. (O. Eng. Law) [Obs.] —Burrill.