"wonder" meaning in Middle English

See wonder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈwundər/
Etymology: From Old English wundor, from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|wundor}} Old English wundor, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*wundr}} Proto-West Germanic *wundr, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wundrą}} Proto-Germanic *wundrą Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} wonder, {{enm-adj}} wonder Forms: wondir [alternative], wondre [alternative], wondere [alternative], wondur [alternative], wunder [alternative], wundir [alternative], wundur [alternative], wounder [alternative], woundir [alternative], woundre [alternative], woundur [alternative], vonder [alternative]
  1. exciting feelings of wonder; strange, extraordinary, wonderful
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-adj-pPahUntq
  2. miraculous, supernatural, magical
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-adj-sx6PwEZr
  3. excellent, wonderful, very good or admirable
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-adj-RF3AGJVD
  4. dreadful, terrible, dire
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-adj-Do5UwOkz
  5. (usually in the phrase wonder thing) perplexing, puzzling, surprising
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-adj-Ec3BcqPb
  6. great in degree, high, great
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-adj-sJaw2Hll
  7. great in quantity, a great deal of, much
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-adj-fuY-LWGC Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 9 1 1 1 2 11 13 10 3 5 1 1 1 1 0 22 5 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 22 1 1 0 1 4 10 11 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 25 6 1 1 1 2 1 0 1

Adverb

IPA: /ˈwundər/
Etymology: From Old English wundor, from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|wundor}} Old English wundor, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*wundr}} Proto-West Germanic *wundr, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wundrą}} Proto-Germanic *wundrą Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} wonder, {{enm-adv}} wonder Forms: wondir [alternative], wondre [alternative], wondere [alternative], wondur [alternative], wunder [alternative], wundir [alternative], wundur [alternative], wounder [alternative], woundir [alternative], woundre [alternative], woundur [alternative], vonder [alternative]
  1. to a great degree; very, extraordinarily, extremely
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-adv-djIEugKD

Noun

IPA: /ˈwundər/
Etymology: From Old English wundor, from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|wundor}} Old English wundor, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*wundr}} Proto-West Germanic *wundr, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wundrą}} Proto-Germanic *wundrą Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wonder, {{enm-noun|pl2=wonder}} wonder (plural wonders or wonder) Forms: wonders [plural], wonder [plural], wondir [alternative], wondre [alternative], wondere [alternative], wondur [alternative], wunder [alternative], wundir [alternative], wundur [alternative], wounder [alternative], woundir [alternative], woundre [alternative], woundur [alternative], vonder [alternative]
  1. marvel, wonder, strange or extraordinary thing or event
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-noun-JNmeKm-Y
  2. sign, portent, prodigy, extraordinary thing seen as an omen
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-noun-ovu8Rrp-
  3. miracle; supernatural or divine work
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-noun-AGiZDlZr
  4. atrocity, crime, terrible deed
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-noun-cV0kTn1r
  5. something perplexing or puzzling, enigma, conundrum
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-noun-SE27MZIZ
  6. report of something strange or extraordinary
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-noun-yj3UmPKf
  7. the feeling of wonder, amazement, puzzlement or awe
    Sense id: en-wonder-enm-noun-COenLLPU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wonderful, wonderfulli, wondrel, wondren
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          "roman": "I Haue grete wonder, be this lyghte / How that I lyve, for day ne nyghte / I may nat slepe, wel nygh noght",
          "text": "c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r",
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