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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1420, 1498-1688
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Wondir, Woundir, v. Also: wonder, -yr, wondre, vonder, wounder(e, wunder, woonder, winder, windr-, wandr-. Pres. t. also vonderris. P.t. and p.p. also wonndrit. [ME and e.m.E. wundre(n (c1250), wonder (Cursor M.), wondre(n (a1330), woundre (Wyclif), woundir (a1400-50), woonder (1553), OE wundrian, MDu. wonderen, ON undra.]
1. intr.To feel wonder, admiration, astonishment or surprise; to look upon in amazement, surprise, etc. Also const. at, in, of or on the object of wonder, etc.(1) pres. c1420 Wynt. viii 3572.
Thai rade rycht to the batayle plas … Wondrand a qwhylle thare huvyd thai Behaldand, how ferlyfully Thai saw thaire folk on othir ly Sa hey, that [etc.] 1513 Doug. i viii 2 (Ruddim.).
The madinis cum fra Amasone saw he scone … Quhill as the manfull Troiane Eneas To se thir nyse figuris wonderand [C. thocht wonder] was 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 97.
Thow [reader], wyl wounder gretlie and mervell, that I [etc.] 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 100.
Quhen men sall se this haistie suddand change, Than sall thay wunder, and cleirlie vnderstand, That it is God quhilk dois his awin reuenge 1596 Dalr. I 36/5.
This causes men meruellouslie to wondir, [etc.] 1596 Dalr. I 103/4.
Gif thay be takne, thay ar sa eloquent … that thay moue the juges … gif nocht to pitie, at leist to woundir vehementlie 1635 Dickson Wr. 66.
Wonder not to find changes, for they are kindly 1667 Laing MSS 363.
I ashur you manie hear winders that ther is nothing dun for themp.t. 1375 Barb. xix 763.
The [Inglis]-men saw the herbery … All woid. Thai wondryt [C. wonderit] gretly then 1375 Barb. xx 514.
He … maid sa wonder ywill cher That all wondryt [C. wounderit] that by him wer c1520-c1535 Nisbet John vii 15.
And the Jewis wonndrit [L. mirabantur; A.V. marvelled], and said, How can this man lettris, sen he has nocht leirit?(2) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx 541.
Mony man sal one thé wondyr That wald bring me in sik blondyr c1400 Troy-bk. i 304.
Thay stud and thame hertly byheld … And so fayr thewis can appere In thame, that thai one wonderit sere a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1151.
Than was ald Ysak … on pillar picht And thar on him fer ma couth woundere a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1305 (Asl.).
Off wardlie wit but weire I may weile wounder Sen [etc.] 1513 Doug. ii vi 22.
The sylly hyrd … Wondris [L. stupet] of the sovnd and ferly at he has seyn 1513 Doug. xi iii 59.
Quhidder sall I fyrst extoll, and wonder [L. mirer] in thé Thy gret gentryce … Or thy gret fors and laubour bellicall? c1530-40 Stewart in Bann. MS 36a/82.
Vpone Mont Caluary To wondir on as I had bene ane theif I hang on croce that all the warld mycht se 1542-70 Hosack Mary Q. of Scots I 538.
The mater being wonderit at, and great execratioun in the mouthis of the multitude [etc.] c1590 Fowler I 113/29.
I can not weill in ordour tell whome first I saw … For windring at ten thousand things of that fair trowpe … My eyes and thoughts did both astray 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 155.
Every creature bears His image; … therefore, the mair that thou knowes the creatures … the mair suld every particular knowledge of them drawe thee to God, and the mair suld thou wonder of thy God 1596–7 Misc. Spald. C. I 86.
Thow, in thi furie, ansuerit and said to the saidis scholeris, Weill haif ye schemit me, I sall gar the best of yow repent; and or four efternwn that thow suld gar alse monny wounder on tham as suld sie tham 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 280.
Thair belman … sayd to the assistand people, whair at wounder ȝe? 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 245.
O what a height of profanity is this land come to when men … are wondered at, and had in suspicion, if they be not profane
2. To be eager or curious to know (quhare, etc.).(a) c1508 Chepman and Myllar Prints viic 6.
No mannis wit to wonder may suffice Quhare ar becummyn thir maidenis mylde of mude a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 129/12.
The apostlis vonderit quhow that our Saluiour vas cum in there—beleuand that it hed bene ane spreit and noch His real bodye a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 129/13.
Vonderris 1571 Satirical Poems xxix 1.
Gretly thai maid me wondre Quhow that [etc.] 1618 Lithgow Poet. Remains 19.
I wonder Muse … to heare a messe, I make no breach of law, but for to learne … I enter not their kirkes … but their strange erroures to finde out(b) a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 517 (W).
How many … Of liues hes bene releiuit … Ane hunder, I woonder [etc.](c) 1655 Blairs P. 85.
I winder what has becomme of Fr. Joane Macbrec(d) c1590 Fowler I 28/37.
I wandring than to know sum newis of him and of his trane, And [etc.]
3. tr. a. passive. To be amazed or surprised. = 1 above. b. To marvel at (something).a. a1400 Legends of the Saints ii 75.
All wonderit war … His ferly warkis that mycht here a1400 Legends of the Saints xxiii 275.
Wondryt a1400 Legends of the Saints l 515.
We ar wonderit for till here How that … [etc.] c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts viii 13.
He saw alsa that signis and gret virtues war done, he was astonysit, and wonndritb. 1513 Doug. ii xii 69.
I fand assemlyt al newly So huge a rowt of our folkis that I Wondryt the nowmyr 1533 Boece 34b.
The Spanȝe chiftanis woundering the manhede of thai strangearis quhilk be sa grete hardyment … made thame for batell 1591–2 Warrender P. (SHS) II 167.
The barbaritye whereof we abhorre to remember, never to be enough wounderit in all ages and posterities to cum
