† wonder thing Obs.
(Also as one word.)
[f. wonder n. or a. Cf. G. wunderding, MSw. unders thing (see wonders a.).]
A wonderful thing, wonder, marvel.
| c 1290 St. Brendan 677 in S. Eng. Leg. 238 A wonder þing it was to seo..A so gret best a-boute wiende. 13.. Sir Beues (A.) 1527 A wonder-þing now ȝe may here. a 1340 Hampole Psalter cxviii[i]. 18, I sall bihalde wondirthyngis [Vulg. mirabilia] of þi laghe. c 1435 Torr. Portugale 53 He sware..Ther wase told hym a wondyr-thyng In hys chambyr to nyght. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xxxii. 2 This hindir nycht..To me wes tawld ane windir thing. 1546 J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 27 A wonder thing what thingis these olde thinges tell. |