wenteth
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]wenteth
- (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of wend
- 1776, “Elore lo!”, in Ancient and Modern Scottiſh Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc., volume 1, second verse (page 308):
- The light up-ſpringeth, the dew down dingeth,
The ſweet lark ſingeth her hours of prime;
Phœbus up ſpenteth, joy to reſt wenteth,
So loſt is mine intents, and gone’s the time.
Elore! Elore! Elore! Elore!
I love my luſty love, Elore lo!
- (nonstandard, pseudo-archaic, hypercorrect) alternative third-person singular past of go