• Wenteth

    Origin

    went + -eth

    Verb

    verb form

    1. wenteth

      (archaic third-person singular of wend)
      • 1776, Ancient and Modern ScottiÅ¿h Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc., volume 1, “
    Elore lo!”, second verse (page 308)
      • The light up-Å¿pringeth, the dew down dingeth,
    The Å¿weet lark Å¿ingeth her hours of prime;
    Phœbus up ſpenteth, joy to reſt wenteth,
    So loſt is mine intents, and gone’s the time.

    I love my luſty love, Elore lo!
    1. (nonstandard, pseudo-archaic, hypercorrect) Form of alternative third person singular past tense form

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