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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wandōn, from Proto-Germanic *wandōną.
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Verb
wandian
- to hesitate (with æt = about something)
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 15:10
Ne wanda þū þæt þū þīnum frīend ne helpe.- Don't hesitate to help your friend.
- c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
Oft man biþ swīðe wandiġende æt ǣlcum weorce and swīðe lætrǣde, and wēnaþ menn þæt hit sīe for swǣrmōdnesse and for unarodsċipe, and biþ þēah for wīsdōme and for wærsċipe.- Often a person is hesitating about every action and very indecisive, and people think it's from stupidity and cowardice, when it actually comes from wisdom and awareness.
- to spare (+ dative)
- to care, have regard (with for for something)
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