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Wo(u)nd, v. P.t. also voundit, wowndyt, woindit. P.p. also voundit, wounddyt, ywound, vondit, wonted, wowndyt, wundit. [ME and e.m.E. wunde(n (c1175), wounde(n (c1290), wonde(n (Cursor M.), wownde(n (Chaucer), OE wundian, MDu. wonden.]

1. tr. To wound, cause injury to, hurt (a person or animal). Also reflex., ellipt., and absol. or intr.pres. 1375 Barb. iv 97.
Mony tymys ische thai wald … And wound thar fayis oft & sla ?1438 Alex. ii 10313.
Porrus prikked throw the stour, Fechtand as man of great valour, Sum dingand and sum woundand 1533 Bell. Livy I 139/16.
Nane of thame tuke regarde to ony defence of thare bodyis, bot alanerlie to wound thare fallow c1590 Fowler I 73/185.
Nixt approchte Virginia with hir father ferse, Armed … with a blaid to perse And wound his chaistlie dochters breist(b) a1400 Legends of the Saints xlii 151.
Gyf thu me wond, I gyf na tale, The Haly Ga[s]t sal mak me hale 1513 Doug. xii xiii 18.
Was it honest a godly dyvyn wight With ony mortal strake to wond in fight?p.t. 1375 Barb. x 69 (C).
James of Douglas and his rout … voundit thame with arrowis fast c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1543.
Wounded c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2125.
He him woundit thro the corps And straik him deid down frome his hors 1563 Digest Justiciary Proc. E 5.
John Johneston with ane speir … woundit the said Mr. Archibald … in at his haunche and furth at his fundament 1590 Reg. Privy C. IV 535.
[They] woundit … Johnne Dow McGregour behind his schoulder blaid quhairthrow his lichtis and interallis micht be sene 1610 Inverness Rec. II 78.
Thomas McOlley accidentlie … maist cruellie and barboruslie voundit and hurt the said George McConil Reoche in the richt arme 1668 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. II 392.
[They] cutted, wounded and meagled him in the left hand(b) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxix 184.
The stanis … slew of thame rycht mony thare, & mony of thame wondit sare(c) 1562 Peebles B. Rec. I 283.
[They] hurt and woindit [blank in MS] his hird and seruand in diuers partis of his bodyp.p. 1375 Barb. v 435 (C).
Thame that war voundit gert he ly In-till hyddillis all preuely, And gert gud lechis to thame bryng 1375 Barb. ix 724.
Woundyt 1375 Barb. x 479 (C).
Woundit c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2941.
He richt grevously was wounded c1420 Wynt. viii 4218.
Wowndyt [C. wounddyt] a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 2148.
To Sir Gawane thei haith o lytter maad, Ful sore ywound, and hyme on with them haade c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 208.
Than was I woundit to the deth wele nere 1513 Doug. vii viii 53.
The deir, so dedly woundit … with mony grank and gron 1531 Bell. Boece (M) II 133.
King Macolme wes woundit throw his hewmond 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 157.
Remember my soir bodie, Sa woundet and bludie a1605 Birrel Diary 15.
Ther wer diverse hurte and voundit, quho dyed afterhend 1650 Nicoll Diary 9.
All the los our pepill haid was of one drowned … and twa utheris wounded(b) ?1438 Alex. ii 3061.
Wonded ?14.. Ship Laws c. 24 (B).
[If] ony of [the crew] … has oute of the schyp wyth owtyn leve … and thai contak and ony of thaim be wondyt or hurt a1500 Henr. Bludy Serk 59.
Sa evill wondit was the knycht That he behuvit to de 1533 Gau 66/16.
Thay ma be maid fair and wondit and slane hurt and brint and drunit and mony oder vais distroyit a1578 Pitsc. I 300/11.
He … saw this nobill man lyand deidlie wondit 1587-99 Hume 42/25.
The deare quhilk wonted is … Flies … to sum desert(c) 1587–8 Aberd. Council Lett. I 27.
Johne Leslie [etc.] … hes hurt wundit and left thame for deidreflex. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 2946.
The sone of that deid knicht … he him self sair woundit in the faceellipt. c1420 Wynt. vii 2746.
Thai band hym, dang hym, and wowndyt sareabsol.or intr. 1375 Barb. iii 18.
The kingis folk full weill thaim bar And slew and fellyt and woundyt sar c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2131.
Diomeid … Gan rusche in-to the thikkest pres, Woundand, menȝeand & slaand ay

2. tr., fig.a. To hurt or affect (a person, his or her heart, etc.) emotionally, to inflict pain (by, throw, with (the sword, etc. of) lust, jealousy, pity, etc.), also but sword, etc. b. In a religious context, of sin, etc.: To affect or harm (a person, the Church) in some fashion.a. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxii 209.
I sal wond hyr hart rycht sare Throw lust of lichery but mare a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxii 284.
[I will] with feile feuir wond hire sare, … Sic lustful het sal be hir in [etc.] a1500 Henr. Fab. 517.
He wes angry … And woundit with the speir off ielowsy a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 699.
O what haue y … deseruit? That thus myne hart shal vondit ben & carwit One by the suord of double peine and wo? c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 26/10.
Hir sweit having and fresche bewte Hes wondit me but swerd or lance a1538 Abell 101a.
He wes woundit with naturall pete and perplexit quhat he suld do 15.. Clariodus v 1452.
So woundit is hir heart with disperance 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 8885.
Into my hart (quod he) sic was not groundit Nor with sic thing my hart was neuer woundit a1568 Bannatyne MS 221a/45.
The figurat dairt invennomit with blis … hes wondit me c1590 Fowler I 179/6.
From day to day my dolleurs grow so great, As love insists to wond me more and more c1590 Fowler I 225/8.
Lesbia … Quha … doth my lyfe conseume & wonds my raynes 1676 Douglas Corr. 278.
God … knows my inosance, and the melless of thoss who wounds ws boath by such base callumniesb. 1490 Irland Mir. I 90/18.
The man … is woundit in his natur throw the originale syn 1490 Irland Mir. III 6/12.
Thar is vii thingis that gretlie woundis & trublis ws thai ar thre synnis and four penaliteis 1562-3 Winȝet I 37/18.
Be the quhilks [sc. the word of God] albeit he wes abaissit, and woundit in conscience afore God (quhais worde is mair peirceand than ony two aigeit sworde) 1638 J. Row Red-Shankes Serm. 1.
The Kirk of Scotland is wounded in her head, she has gotten sik a clush … as has gart all her harns jaap