wandian

Old English

Alternative forms

• wondian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wandōn, from Proto-Germanic *wandōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑn.di.ɑn/

Verb

wandian

1. 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.

2. to spare (+ dative)
3. to care, have regard (with for for something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wandian (weak class 2)

infinitive	wandian	wandienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	wandiġe	wandode
second person singular	wandast	wandodest
third person singular	wandaþ	wandode
plural	wandiaþ	wandodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	wandiġe	wandode
plural	wandiġen	wandoden
imperative
singular	wanda
plural	wandiaþ
participle	present	past
	wandiende	(ġe)wandod

Derived terms

• āwandian
• forwandian (“to hesitate, to be confounded”)
• ġewand (“hesitation”)
• wandung
• unforwandodlīc (“unhesitating, free, shameless”)
• unforwandodlīce (“unhesitatingly, freely, shamelessly”)

Descendants

• Middle English: wanden, wonden