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for-wúndian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
for-wúndian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed
To wound badly, ulcerate; grăvĭter vulnĕrāre
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  • Gif mon óðrum ða geweald uppe on ðam sweoran forwúndie [-wúndige MS. H.]

    if a man wound the tendons on another's neck,

    • L. Alf. pol. 77
    • ;
    • Th. i. 100, 11.
  • Eall ic wæs mid strǽlum forwúndod

    I was all wounded with arrows,

    • Rood Kmbl. 124
    • ;
    • Kr. 62: Cd. 216
    • ;
    • Th. 273, 4
    • ;
    • Sat. 131.
  • Se læg on his dúra swýðe forwúndod

    qui jăcēbat ad jānuam ejus ulcĕrĭbus plēnus,

    • Lk. Bos. 16, 20.
  • Forwúnded mid wommum

    wounded with sins,

    • Rood Kmbl. 27
    • ;
    • Kr. 14.
  • Ða men wǽron forwúndode

    the men were badly wounded,

    • Chr. 882
    • ;
    • Erl. 83, 11: 897
    • ;
    • Erl. 96, 13.
Etymology
[
Ger. ver-wunden to wound.
]
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