Bewind Definition
To wind or twine oneself round.
Origin of Bewind
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From Middle English bewinden, biwinden, from Old English bewindan (“to wind round, clasp, entwine, envelop, encircle, surround, brandish (a sword), turn, wind, revolve”), from Proto-Germanic *biwindaną (“to wind round”), equivalent to be- + wind. Cognate with Middle Low German bewinden (“to entwine, wrap”), German bewinden (“intertwine, wind around”), Gothic [script?] (biwindan, “to entwine, wrap”).
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