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wend (verb, noun):

verb:
: to direct one’s course
: to proceed on (one’s way)

noun (capitalised)
: a member of a Slavic people of eastern Germany

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : Wend is related to the verb wind, which means, among other things, “to follow a series of curves and turns.” Wend itself comes from Old English wendan, referring to turning or changing direction or position. Its use in senses related to going or moving along a course has lent the English verb go its past tense form went (as a past tense form of wend, went has long since been superseded by wended).

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