Old English · adjective
wundorlic
Normalised wundorlīċ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈwun.dorˌliːk//ˈwun.dorˌliːt͡ʃ/
- Syllables
- ˈwun · dor · ˌliːk (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- wonderlywonderfulmiraculous
Meaning
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wonderful
Iċ eom wunderlicu wiht, wrǣsne mīne stefne, hwīlum beorce swā hund, hwīlum blǣte swā gāt, hwīlum grǣde swā gōs, hwīlum ġielle swā hafoc,…
I am a wonderful thing, twist my voice, sometimes bark like a hound, sometimes bleat like a goat, sometimes cry like a goose, sometimes yell like a hawk,…
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 24: -
miraculous
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | wundorlīċ | wundorlīċwundorlīċuwundorlīċo | wundorlīċ |
| Accusative | wundorlīcne | wundorlīċe | wundorlīċ |
| Genitive | wundorlīċes | wundorlīcre | wundorlīċes |
| Dative | wundorlīċum | wundorlīcre | wundorlīċum |
| Instrumental | wundorlīċe | wundorlīcre | wundorlīċe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | wundorlīċe | wundorlīċawundorlīċe | wundorlīċwundorlīċuwundorlīċo |
| Accusative | wundorlīċe | wundorlīċawundorlīċe | wundorlīċwundorlīċuwundorlīċo |
| Genitive | wundorlīcra | wundorlīcra | wundorlīcra |
| Dative | wundorlīċum | wundorlīċum | wundorlīċum |
| Instrumental | wundorlīċum | wundorlīċum | wundorlīċum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | wundorlīċa | wundorlīċe | wundorlīċe |
| Accusative | wundorlīċan | wundorlīċan | wundorlīċe |
| Genitive | wundorlīċan | wundorlīċan | wundorlīċan |
| Dative | wundorlīċan | wundorlīċan | wundorlīċan |
| Instrumental | wundorlīċan | wundorlīċan | wundorlīċan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | wundorlīċan | wundorlīċan | wundorlīċan |
| Accusative | wundorlīċan | wundorlīċan | wundorlīċan |
| Genitive | wundorlīcrawundorlīċena | wundorlīcrawundorlīċena | wundorlīcrawundorlīċena |
| Dative | wundorlīċum | wundorlīċum | wundorlīċum |
| Instrumental | wundorlīċum | wundorlīċum | wundorlīċum |
All forms (12)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wundralīk, from Proto-Germanic *wundralīkaz. Cognate with Old Saxon wundarlīk, Old High German wuntarlīh. Equivalent to wundor + -līċ.
Descendants
wonderly
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