A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1499-1560
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Wondir, -er, -re, Windir, Wounder, adj. [ME and e.m.E. wunder (1175), wonder (1297), wondir (a1400), wounder (c1425).] Wonderful, marvellous. —(a) c1400 Troy-bk. i 518.
The poete sais that scho feill syse Gert fall Eclyps one wondre wyse, Notht be coniunctioune naturale Bot by hyr science collaterale a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 80.
My wo haith done my livis gost expell, And in sich wis weil long I can endwr So me betid o wondir aventur 1513 Doug. vi v 173.
The pepil adiacent, By wondir [Ruddim. wounder] takynnys from the hevynnys schaw Constrenyt, sal bygrave thy banys law, And on thy corps erect a sepultur 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 1192.
To tempt this man was all hir mynde … Scho was the Deuillis wonder kynd, the foull ill tak hir —(b) c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 160/35.
Jonet the weido on ane bussome rydand Off wichis with ane windir garesoun
