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 *biwindanฤ ("to wind round"), equivalent to be- + wind. Cognate with Middle Low German bewinden ("to entwine, wrap"), German bewinden ("intertwine, wind around"), Gothic ๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐น๐ฝ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฝ ("to entwine, wrap").
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