atwind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To escape.

Word forms

atwind atwinds atwinding atwound

Etymology

From Middle English ætwinden, ætwenden, from Old English ætwindan (“to escape, wind off, turn away, flee”), equivalent to at- + wind.

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