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wundrian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§10; §536;
to wonder at, to regard with surprise or admiration.
absolute
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  • Ealle gé wundriaþ (wundrigeaþ, v.l.)

    omnes miramini,

      Jn. Skt. 7, 21.

  • Se Hǽlend wundrode (wundriende wæs,

      Rush.
    )

    Jesus miratus est,

      Mt. Kmbl. 8, 10,

  • Hig wundrodun (wundradan,

      Rush.
    ),

    • 19, 25
      • :
    • 21, 20.

  • Hí wundrodon mycelre wundrunge

    obstupuerunt stupore maximo,

      Mk. Skt. 5, 42.

  • Ðá ongan ic wundrigan,

    • Bt. 40, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 236, 9.

  • Is se godcunda anweald tó wyndrianne,

    • 32, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 116, 16.

  • Tó wundranne (uundranne,

      Lind.
    ) is

    mirabile est,

      Jn. Skt. Rush. 9, 30.

  • Nis ðæt tó wundrigende, þeáh ðe hé wǽre costod,

      Blickl. Homl. 33, 12.

  • Ða leóda beheóldon swíðe wundrigende,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 186.
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  • Ðæt ungestæððige folc wundraþ ðæs ðe hit seldost gesihþ, ðeáh hit læsse wundor sié,

    • Bt. 39, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 216, 2
      • :
    • Met. 28, 49.

  • Hwæt stondaþ gé hér and ðyses wundriap?

      Blickl. Homl. 123, 22.

  • His wundriaþ ða ðe him underðiédde bióþ,

    • Past. 4
      • ;
    • Swt, 39, 7
      • :
    • Met. 28, 66.

  • Ðá wundrade ic swíðe swíðe ðara gódena wiotona,

      P
    • ast. pref.
      • ;
    • Swt. 5, 19.

  • Ðá wundrode ðæt folc his láre,

      Mt. Kmbl. 7, 28.

  • Hé wundrade Godes wundra,

      Ps. Th. 8, arg.

  • Hwá is on weorulde, ðe ne wundrige fulles mónan?

      Met. 28, 40.

  • Hwæþer gimma wlite eówre eágan tó him getió heora tó wundrianne?

    • Bt. 13
      • ;
    • Fox 40, 2.

  • Hé férde wundrigende ðæs ðár geworden wæs,

      Lk. Skt. 24, 12.
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  • Wundriaþ weras wlite and wæstma,

    • Exon. Th. 221, 7
      • ;
    • Ph. 331.

  • Ic ða wynsumnesse and fægernesse ðæs londes wundrade,

    • Nar. 26, 26
      • :
    • 28, 1.

  • Ðý læs ðæt wundredan weras and idesa,

    • Exon. Th. 176, 6
      • ;
    • Gú. 1205.
with a clause
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  • Hwá ne wundraþ ðætte sume tunglu habbaþ scyrtran hwyrft ðonne sume habban?

    • Bt. 39, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 214, 17.

  • Hí ne wundriaþ ðætte...,

      Met. 28, 50.

  • Hí ne wundriaþ, hú hit on wolcnum þunraþ, þrágmælum eft ánforlǽteþ,

      28, 54.

  • Ðá wundrade se ðeng for hwon hé ðæs bǽde,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 598, 31.

  • Gif hwá wundrie, hú hit gewurðan mihte,

      Jud. 15, 19.
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  • Hwá ne wundraþ ðæs, ðæt sume steorran gewítaþ under ða sǽ?

    • Bt. 39, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 214, 26.

  • Hwá ungelǽredra ne wundraþ ðæs roderes færeldes, hú hé ǽlce dæg útan ymbhwyrfð ealne ðisne middaneard?

      214, 15.

  • Hwá wundraþ ðæs, oððe óðres eft, hwý ðæt ís mæge weorðan of wætere,

      Met. 28, 58.

  • Hwý ne wundriaþ hí ðæs, ðæt hit hwílum þunraþ, hwílum ná ne onginþ,

    • Bt. 39, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 214, 33.

  • Hwá is ðe ne wundrige wolcna færeldes, roderes swifto, hú hý ǽlce dæge útan ymbhwerfaþ eallne middangeard?

      Met. 28, 2.

  • Ǽlc wile ðæs wundrian for hwý hí swá dón,

    • Bt. 39, 9
      • ;
    • Fox 226, 14.
with prepositions
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  • Hé wundrode æfter ðære gesihþe,

      Blickl. Homl. 153, 35.

  • Wundradun ða mengu be láre his

    ammirabantur turbae super doctrinam ejus,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 28.

  • Hí wundrodon on his láre

    admirabantur in doctrina ejus,

      Mk. Skt. 6, 2.

  • Ðá wǽron ða apostolas swíþe wundrigende frand him, and wǽron cweþende tó him hwonon him ða wundorlícan gereordo cóman,

      Blickl. Homl. 153, 7.
with preposition and clause
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  • Wundrade heó ymb ðæs weres snyttro, hú hé swá geleáfful on swá lytlum fæce ǽfre wurde,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1914
      • ;
    • El. 959.

  • Hwá is moncynnes, ðæt ne wundrie ymb ðás tungl, hú hý sume habbaþ scyrtran ymbhwearft?

      Met. 28, 6.
to make wonderful, magnify (?)
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  • Hé wundrade (mirificavit) ealle willan míne,

      Ps. Spl. 15, 2.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wundrón
:
O. H. Ger. wuntarón
:
Icel. undra.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-, of-wundrian.
Linked entries
v.  wyndrian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wundrian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36869.

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