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withwind

noun

  1. A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).

    countable, uncountable

    He bare a burden ybound with a broad list, / In a withewyndes wise ybounden about.

Where it comes from

From Middle English withwinde, withewynde, from Old English wiþwinde, wiþewinde, wiþowinde, from Proto-Germanic *wiþiwindǭ, equivalent to withe + wind (verb). Cognate with Middle Dutch wedewinde, Icelandic viðvindill, Danish vedbende, vedbend.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry withwind (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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