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wundor

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
wundor, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§35; §111; §219; §263; §348;
a wonder,
a circumstance or act that excites astonishment
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  • Ðæt is wundor tó cweþanne

    mirum dictu,

    • Bd. 3, 6
    • ;
    • S. 528, 10
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 3453
    • ;
    • B. 1724.
  • Wundor mé ðincð eówer ðingrǽden,

      Homl. Th. ii. 484, 14.
  • Mé þincþ wundor,

    • Blickl. Homl. 179, 13
    • :
    • 175, 13.
  • Ðá wæs wundor micel, ðæt se wínsele wiðhæfde,

    • Beo. Th. 1546
    • ;
    • B. 771
    • :
    • Cd. Th. 37, 26
    • ;
    • Gen. 595.
  • Ðæt folc wusidraþ ðæs ðe hit seldost gesihþ, ðeáh hit læsse wundor sié,

    • Bt. 39, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 216, 3.
  • Ne þincþ ús ðæt nán wundor,

      Blickl. Homl. 33, 7.
  • Ne þincþ mé ðæt wundur wuhte ðe læsse,

      Met. 20, 117.
  • Ac nis ná wunder

    sed quid mirum?

      Hpt. Gl. 473, 44.
  • Nis ðæt nán wundor,

    • Bt. 31, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 110, 9
    • :
    • Met. 17, 7.
  • Næs ðæt nánþing wundor, ðæt Drihten wǽs ðam folce gram

    nec miranda indignatio in populum,

      Deut. 1, 37.
  • Nis ǽnig wundor, hú...,

    • Exon. Th. 63, 7
    • ;
    • Cri. 1016.
  • Wundor wearð on wege; wæter wearð tó báne,

    • 483, 9
    • ;
    • Rä. 68, 3.
  • Ðæt is wundres dǽl, ðam ðe swylc ne conn, hú...,

    • 472, 3
    • ;
    • Rä. 61, 10.
  • Ic ðæt wundor gefrægn, ðæt se wyrm forswealg wera gied sumes,

    • 432, 7
    • ;
    • Rä. 48, 2.
  • Ne ic on mægene miclum gange, ne wundor ofer mé wuniaþ ǽnig

    neque ambulavi in magnis, neque in mirabilibus super me,

      Ps. Th. 130, 2.
  • Ðǽr bið wundra má, ðonne hit ǽnig mæge áþencan,

    • Exon. Th. 61, 24
    • ;
    • Cri. 989.
  • Ðæt wæs wundra sum, ðæt ðæt sweord gemealt íse gelícost,

    • Beo. Th. 3219
    • ;
    • B. 1607
    • .
a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, a prodigy, portent
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  • Gewurdon on Róme ða yfelan wundor

    obscoena et dira prodigia vel visa Romae vel nunciata sunt,

    • Ors. 4, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 160, 17.
  • Wundra ł forebeácna

    prodigia,

      Hpt. Gl. 488, 34.
of the works of Divine power, a wonder, miracle
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  • For fyrwetgeornnesse ðæs wundres

    (the raising of Lazarus),

      Blickl. Homl. 69, 22.
  • Á mæg God wyrcan wundor æfter wundre,

    • Beo. Th. 1866
    • ;
    • B. 931.
  • Eal ðæt folc ðe ðis wundor (the giving sight to the blind man) geseah,

      Blickl. Homl. 15, 29.
  • Ic bebeóde wundor geweorðan,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1459
    • ;
    • An. 730: Cd. Th. 245, 31
    • ;
    • Dan. 471
    • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2241
    • ;
    • El. 1122.
  • Gemunaþ hú hé mænig wundor geworhte

    mementote mirabilia ejus, quae fecit,

      Ps. Th. 104, 5.
  • Mǽre synd his wundur ofer manna bearn

    mirabilia ejus filiis hominum,

      106, 30.
  • Swá fela wundra, swá wé gehýrdon gedóne on Cafarnaum,

      Lk. Skt. 4, 23.
  • Ðis worhte fruma ðara wundra (uundra,

      Lind.
    ) ðe Hǽlend

    hoc fecit initium signorum Jesus,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 2, 11
    • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 105, 25
    • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1138
    • ;
    • An. 569.
  • Ðæt (the turning of Lot's wife into a pillar of salt) is wundra sum, ðara ðe geworhte wuldres

    • Aldor, Cd. Th. 155, 14
    • ;
    • Gen. 2572.
  • On eallum mínum wundrum

    in cunctis mirabilibus meis,

      Ex. 3, 20.
  • For ðínum wundrum

    a signis tuis,

      Ps. Th. 64, 8.
  • Mænigu wundur hé geworhte,

      77, 5.
  • Wundor,

    • Cd. Th. 246, 4
    • ;
    • Dan. 474
    • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 17, 10.
  • Wundru,

    • Past. 16
    • ;
    • Swt. 103, 13
    • :
    • Ps. Th. 87, 12
    • :
    • Ex. 12, 12.
  • Wundro,

      Blickl. Homl. 81, 10.
  • Uundra,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 47.
of supernatural power working through a human being, a miracle
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  • Eft gelamp óþer wundor ðissum onlíc,

      Blickl. Homl. 219, 6.
  • His (Oswald's) wundor wǽron miclo,

    • Shrn. 114, 5
    • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1650
    • ;
    • El. 827.
  • Synd ðás wundru (virtutes) gefremede on him,

      Mt. Kmbl. 14, 2.
  • Wæs ðis ðara wundra ǽrest ðe ðes eádiga wer geworhte,

      Blickl. Homl. 219, 2.
  • Þurh ða wundor ðe heó geseah æt ðam bisceope,

      Shrn. 115, 6.
  • Héhbiscopes micla wundra

    pontificis magnolia,

      Rtl. 77, 19.
a wonderful object, wondrous thing
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  • Wén is ðæt hwilc wundor ineode on ðæt carcern and ða hyrdas ácwælde,

      Blickl. Homl. 239, 30.
  • Heofonbeácen ... óðer wundor syllíc ... byrnende beám,

    • Cd. Th. 184, 17
    • ;
    • Exod. 108.
  • Hwæt is ðæt wundor, ðæt geond ðás woruld fareþ? ... Yldo,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 563
    • ;
    • Sal. 281.
  • Férdon folctogan wunder sceáwian, láþes lástas,

    • Beo. Th. 1685
    • ;
    • B. 840.
  • Wundur,

    • 6057
    • ;
    • B. 3032
    • :
    • 6197
    • ;
    • B. 3103.
  • Hine wundra fela swencte on sunde,

    • 3023
    • ;
    • B. 1509.
wonderful, miraculous power
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  • Ðæs engles mægen and his wundor weorðod bið,

      Blickl. Homl. 209, 20.
  • Heofenas andettaþ hú wundor ðín standeþ,

      Ps. Th. 88, 4.
  • Mycel ys his wundur ofer manna bearn,

      106, 20.
  • Eal ðis wæs geworden tó ðon ðæt wé sceoldan úres Drihtnes wundor oncnáwan,

      Blickl. Homl. 71, 23.
wonder, admiration
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  • Þeóda wlítaþ, wundrum wafiaþ, hú seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 222, 1
    • ;
    • Ph. 342.
  • Ðysne wíg ðe ðú ðé tó wundrum (as the object of thy adoration? cf. Ðam gyldnan gylde ðe hé him tó gode geteóde,

      1. 19
    ) teódest,

    • Cd. Th. 228, 25
    • ;
    • Den. 208.
Grammar
wundor, cases, with or without prepositions, used adverbially or adjectivally
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  • Ðæt of ðé ácenned bið, ðæt bið on wundra (shall be a source of wonder) eallum folcum,

      Homl. Ass. 121, 138.
  • Gé mec tó wundre (so as to excite wonder, wonderfully), wǽgan mótun,

    • Exon. Th. 124, 21
    • ;
    • Gú. 341
    • :
    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 652.
  • Wundrum monigo

    very many,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 7, 8.
  • Wundrum lytel

    wonderfully little,

    • Bt. 11, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 32, 21.
  • Swýþe wundrum well,

      Lchdm. i. 80, 21.
  • Wundrum fæger,

    • Exon. Th. 214, 1
    • ;
    • Ph. 232: 202, 1
    • ;
    • Ph. 63.
  • Wundrum gegierwed,

    • 483, 8
    • ;
    • Rä. 68, 2.
  • Eallum wundrum ðrymlíc girwan up swǽsendo,

    • Judth. Thw. 21, 7
    • ;
    • Jud. 8.
  • Hú woruld wǽre wundrum geteód,

    • Cd. Th. 222, 28
    • ;
    • Dan. 111.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wundar
:
O. H. Ger. wuntar mirum, prodigium, portentum, mirabile, miraculum, magnale, stupor
:
Icel. undr.
]
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v.  wunder wundrum.
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