Word of the Day: FORWONDERED


ETYMOLOGY
from for- (prefix) + wonder


EXAMPLE
“…All þatt teȝȝ haffdenn herrd off Crist,
& seȝhenn wel wiþþ eȝhne;
& iwhillc mann þatt herrde itt ohht
Forrwunndredd wass þæroffe…”

From: The Ormulum (transcript)
Edited by Robert William Burchfield

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