winde

See also: Winde

English

Noun

winde (countable and uncountable, plural windes)

1. Obsolete spelling of wind.
   • 1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse‎^[1]:

     But he that laughed before at his fellow, said againe, Verily this tale is as true, as if a man would say that by sorcery and inchantment the floods might be inforced to run against their course, the seas to be immovable, the aire to lacke the blowing of windes, the Sunne to be restrained from his naturall race, the Moone to purge his skimme upon herbes and trees to serve for sorceries: the starres to be pulled from heaven, the day to be darkened and the dark night to continue still.

Anagrams

• Edwin, Wedin, Wendi, Widen, dwine, indew, widen, wined

Afrikaans

Noun

winde

1. plural of wind

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɪn.də/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: win‧de

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch winde. Equivalent to a deverbal from winden (“to wind”).

Noun

winde f (plural winden, no diminutive)

1. windlass
2. (botany) bindweed (Convolvulus or Calystegia)
   • 1933, Enkele bloemnamen in de Zuidnederlandsche dialecten, page 30:

     De winde is een dier planten, waarvan het loof, in casu de ranken, meer de aandacht trekt dan de bloemen.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2008, Romke van de Kaa, Alles kan wachten. Tuinieren op ontspannen wijze, Uitgeverij Contact (publ.).

     Tenminste – als ze zich niet met wortels van andere planten verweven hebben, want dan moet je alle planten uitgraven om de wortels van de winde te verwijderen.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   Hypernym: windefamilie

Derived terms

• akkerwinde
• gestreepte winde
• haagwinde
• windefamilie
• zeewinde

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

winde

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of winden

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

winde

1. inflection of winden:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

winde

1. alternative form of wynd

Etymology 2

Noun

winde

1. alternative form of wynde

Etymology 3

Verb

winde

1. alternative form of wynden (“to wind”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwin.de/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *windā, from Proto-Germanic *windǭ.

Noun

winde f

1. there are no direct attestations of this word in Old English, but exists in several derived compounds

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	winde	windan
accusative	windan	windan
genitive	windan	windena
dative	windan	windum

Derived terms

• berwinde (“bearbind”)
• edwinde (“vortex, whirlpool”)
• gearnwinde (“yarnwindle, reel”)
• næderwinde (“adderwort”)
• wiþewinde (“withwind”)
• wuduwinde (“woodbine”)

Etymology 2

Noun

winde

1. dative singular of wind