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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1513
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(Wondir thing,) Wonder thing, -thyng, Wounder-, Windir thing, n. [ME and e.m.E. wonder þing (c1290), wondirthyng (a1340), wondyr-thyng (c1435), wonder thing (1546). Cf. Germ. wunderding, MSw. unders thing.] A wonderful thing, something extraordinary, a marvel. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 112/2.
To me wes tawld ane windir thing: That lait ane tod wes with ane lame, And with hir playit 1513 Doug. i vii 39.
A quhile he visseit the boundis of this cite, Ane wonder thyng [Sm. wonder thing, Ruddim. wounder thing; L. saeptus nebula (mirabile dictu)], coverit with a clowd about: He entrys syne … and nane hym saw
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