eldertongue

Old English · noun

wundor

Part of speech
noun, neuter
IPA
/ˈwun.dor/
Syllables
ˈwun · dor (2 syllables)
Modern English
wondermiraclemarvel

Meaning

  1. miracle, wonder, marvel

    Māre wundor is þæt God Ælmihtiġ ǣlce dæġ fēt ealne middanġeard,

    A greater miracle it is that God Almighty every day feeds all the world,...

    c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"

Declension

Declension of wundor
SingularPlural
Nominative wundorwundorwundru
Accusative wundorwundorwundru
Genitive wundreswundra
Dative wundrewundrum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wundrą. Cognate with Old Frisian wunder, Old Saxon wundar, Old Dutch wundar, Old High German wuntar, Old Norse undr.

Descendants

wonder

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