wundrian

Etymology
From, from. Equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1) to be amazed or astonished, to marvel
 * 2) * c. 990, , Luke 8:56
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- Hire māgas wundrodon.


 * 1) * late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
 * "ang"

- Þæt is tō wundriġenne þæt þā Ēgypte swā lȳtle þancunge wiston Iōsēpe þæs þe hē hīe æt hungre āhredde.


 * 1) to be surprised
 * 2) * 10th century, the Blickling Homilies, "The First Sunday in Lent"
 * "ang"
 * 1) * 10th century, the Blickling Homilies, "The First Sunday in Lent"
 * "ang"

- Nis þæt tō wundriġenne þæt hē ācweald bēon wolde.


 * 1) to wonder
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in Lent"
 * "ang"
 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in Lent"
 * "ang"

- Nū wundraþ ġehwā hū sē Dēofol dyrste ġenēalǣċan tō þām Hǣlende þæt hē hine costnode.


 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"

- Þȳ iċ wundriġe hwȳ þū ne mæġe onġietan þæt þū eart nū ġīet swīðe ġesǣliġ, nū þū ġīet leofast and eart hāl.


 * 1) * c. 996, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
 * "ang"

- Hē ārās þā ġesund, swelċe of slǣpe āwreaht, and begann tō wundriġenne hū hē wurde þæder ġebrōht.

Usage notes

 * Wundrian most often takes an object in the genitive: Hwā ne wundraþ fulles mōnan ? ("Who doesn't marvel at a full moon ?"), Iċ wundriġe þīn  ("I wonder about you "). However, the object is occasionally accusative: Iċ wundrode þā wynsumnesse and fæġernesse þæs landes ("I was amazed by the loveliness and beauty of the land").


 * It was also frequently used with various prepositions to express the same meaning: Hē wundrode æfter þǣre ġesihte ("He marveled at the sight"), Þā meniġa wundrodon be his lāre ("The crowds were astonished at his teaching"), Hīe wundrodon on his lāre ("They were astonished at his teaching"), Þā apostolas wǣron swīðe wundriġende fram him ("The apostles were very astonished at him").


 * In sense 3 ("to wonder"), verbs following wundrian were normally subjunctive: Iċ wundriġe for hwȳ God lǣte ǣniġ yfel bēon ("I wonder why God lets any evil exist").