† awonderv.
Obsolete.
1. impersonal. It astonishes, amazes (one).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > wonder [verb (impersonal)]
wonder?c1225
awonderc1250
me marvelsc1380
c1250 O. Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 32 Al-se þo men þet weren in þo ssipe hedde i-seghe þo miracle so awondrede hem michel.
c1300 K. Alis. 1408 That he so trust and undurstode, More a-wondrith al my blod!
2. intransitive. To be astonished or amazed. (Often with dative reflexive pronoun.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder, be amazed [verb (intransitive)]
wonderc888
awondera1250
amarvelc1330
muse1340
marvela1382
astone1393
ferlya1400
admirec1429
stun1533
marl1601
wonder-maze1603
strange1639
admirize1702
astony1850
mirate1893
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 97 Heo awundreð hire swuðe. & is ofdred.
c1300 K. Alis. 5513 Ich me awonder..Hou he dar.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. viii. 34 He and his fallow awonderis this seand.
3. past participle. Amazed, astonished, astounded.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective]
awonder1154
wonderfulc1380
astoniedc1400
marvelling?a1425
amazed1548
admirative1582
thunderstrickena1586
wondering1592
stonished1595
thunderstruck1613
dump1616
rapt1621
admired1684
astonished1716
breathless1768
unbreathing1789
agazed1803
astounded1810
obfuscated1822
struck with thunder1823
surprised1882
zapped1962
mind-blown1967
gob-struck1985
1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1135 Wurþen men suiðe of uundred.
c1220 Hali Meid. 39 Of hwas wlite beoð awundret þe sunne and te mone.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 310 He was wiȝtliche a-wondered & gan to wepe sore.
c1430 Syr Gener. 4852 Therof the Soudon was al a-wondred.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. v. 30 Heirof awondrit..on I stalk.
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