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wund

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wund, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§111; §367; §426;
A wound; vulnus,
    Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 49.
in a physical sense,
a wound, an injury caused by a blow
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  • Sió wund, ðe him se eorðdraca geworhte,

    • Beo. Th. 5416
      • ;
    • B. 2711.

  • Blódig wund,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2945
      • ;
    • An. 1475: Exon. Th. 143, 33
      • ;
    • Gú. 670.

  • Hér sindon dolhsealfa tó eallum wundum ... Sceád on ða wunde ... Wiþ ealdre tóbrocenre wunde ... lácna swilce wunda. Tó wunde clǽnsunge ... smire ða wunde mid, ðonne fullaþ hió ... Wiþ innanwunde,

    • Lchdm. ii. 90
      • ,
    • 23-92
      • ,
    • 21.

  • Wæs se cyning gehǽled fram ðære wunde ðe him ǽr gedón wæs

    (a vulnere sibi pridem inflicto),

    • Bd. 2, 9
      • ;
    • S. 512, 1.

  • Sylle wunde wið wunde

    reddat vulnus pro vulnere,

      Ex. 21, 25.

  • Wícing ðe him ða wunde forgeaf,

    • Byrht. Th. 135, 57
      • ;
    • By. 139.

  • Hé ofer benne spræc, wunde wælbleáte,

    • Beo. Th. 5443
      • ;
    • B. 2725.

  • Wundum áwyrded,

    • Beo. Th. 2230
      • ;
    • B. 1113.

  • Wundum wérge,

    • 5866
      • ;
    • B. 2937.

  • Se wídfloga wundum stille hreás,

    • 5653
      • ;
    • B. 2830.

  • Wundum sweltan,

    • Byrht. Th. 140, 25
      • ;
    • By. 293.

  • Wǽpna wundum,

    • Exon. Th. 119, 15
      • ;
    • Gú. 255.

  • Ða ealdan wunde and ða openan dolg on hyra Dryhtne,

    • 68, 23
      • ;
    • Cri. 1108.

  • Swátge wunde,

    • 89, 19
      • ;
    • Cri. 1459.

  • Hé wráð his wunda (wundouulnera,

      Lind.
    ),

      Lk. Skt. 10, 34.
a sore caused by disease.
Similar entries
v. wundig, wundiht
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  • Gif wambe bið oninnan wund,

      Lchdm. ii. 220, 3.

  • Hé (the itch) wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ,

    • Past. 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 71, 20.

  • Se deófol slóh Iób mid ðære wyrstan wunde ... Iób sat eal on ánre wunde,

      Homl. Th. ii. 452, 25-28.

  • Óðer wæs wæterseóc, óðer eall on wundum, ac hí wurdon gehǽlede fram heora untrumnysse,

      Homl. Skt. i. 5, 145.

  • Heó wæs swýðe unhál, and on eallum limum egeslíce wunda hæfde ... 'Ðú scealt underfón ðína wunda hǽle.' ... On hire líce næs gesýne áht ðæra sárra wunda,

      7, 265-278.
in a figurative sense
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  • Feónda fǽrsearo, ðæt bið frécne wund,

    • Exon. Th. 48, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 770.

  • Ðæt wom ǽrran wunde hǽlan,

    • 81, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 1322.

  • Wunde

    cicatrice,

      Hpt. Gl. 504, 35.

  • Ic ofslóh wer on míne wunde

    (in vulnus meum),

      Gen. 4, 23.

  • Gástes wunde

    sins,

      Ps. C. 51.

  • Beóð wunde (wunda,

      Soul Kmbl. 177
    ) onwrigene, ða ðe firenfulle men geworhton,

    • Exon. Th. 372, 9
      • ;
    • Seel. 89.

  • Mínra wunda sár

    dolorem vulnerum meorum,

      Ps. Th. 68, 27.

  • Synna wundum,

    • Exon. Th. 263, 25
      • ;
    • Jul. 355.

  • Geseón on ussum sáwlum synna wunde,

    • 80, 30
      • ;
    • Cri. 1314.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wunda
:
O. Frs. wunde
:
O. H. Ger. wunta vulnus, ulcus, plaga
:
Icel. und.
]
Similar entries
v. cancor-, feorh-, in-, innan-, innoþ-, líc-, sweord-wund, and next word.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wund.” 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/36830.

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