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marveln.1 Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French merveille. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman, merveille, mervaille, marvaille, marveille, mervelie, Old French, Middle French merveille (c1050) < classical Latin mirabilia miraculous things, miracles (frequently in specific Christian use from late 2nd cent.), use as noun (perhaps treated as feminine singular in vulgar Latin) of neuter plural of mīrābilis wonderful < mīrārī to wonder at (see miracle n.) + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Old Occitan meravelha (13th cent.), Spanish maravilla (1140), Portuguese maravilha (1258), Italian meraviglia (13th cent.; also maraviglia).The Romance forms present a number of phonological problems which have been variously explained: see Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch s.v. mīrābilia. The distinction between mar- and mer- in Middle English and early modern forms is not always secure, since it may sometimes reflect editorial expansions of manuscript abbreviations. Johnson (1755) gives only senses 2 (labelled as ‘little in use’) and 4. Webster (1828) says of sense 2 ‘This word is nearly obsolete, or at least little used in elegant writings’, and mentions senses 3 and 4 without comment. The note is emended in the 1847 ed. to ‘This word is not obsolete, but little used in elegant writings’. the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > working wonders or miracles > miracle > indicating divine intervention c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 140 in C. Horstmann (1875) 1st Ser. 7 (MED) Þat treo ful sone upriȝht him sette..þis merueile he dude þer. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 2222 (MED) Til he wer born þat schuld do al, Fulfille þe meruails of þe greal. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 16762 + 147 Mony þat stode & saȝe Þoo mervels doyn in dede, Torned & wore baptized. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 40 Lord thi merveyles ben þi wytness. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine 55 b/2 I shal stratche out my hand and shal smyte egypte in all my meruaylles that I shal doo amyd emong them. a1525 in W. A. Craigie (1923) I. 153 Merwallis that Crist wrocht in Jowry. 1562 N. Winȝet (1888) I. 15 Quhair ar ȝour meruellis wrocht be the haly spirit? ?a1610 A. Montgomerie (1887) 90 Prais him, O man! His mervels that remarks. c1626 H. Bisset (1922) II. 357 Preiching His mervellis and misteries uttered in this world. 2. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > cause of surprise the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder c1300 St. Thomas Apostle (Laud) 402 in C. Horstmann (1887) 388 (MED) He schal is louerdes wrathþe habben out and out, And is merueile him beo bi-nome þoruȝ ȝwan he is so prout. c1330 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Auch.) 77 in (1885) 8 118 (MED) King richard after þis meruayl Went quic o lond saunfeyl. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 361 (MED) In þe vttermeste endes of þe world falleþ ofte newe meruailles and wondres. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. 2059 (MED) Hercules, Whos name schal ben endeles For the merveilles whiche he wroghte. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 178 Oft tille our Inglis men was schewed a mervaile grete, A darte was schot to þem, bot non wist who it schete. 1485 W. Caxton in Pref. sig. iij Wherfor it is a meruayl why he is nomore renomed in his owne contreye. a1500 (?c1450) i. 3 The heirdes..tolde their maister the mervelle of the moreyn that was fallen a-monge the bestes. 1526 W. Bonde i. sig. Liiiv Therfore their werkes were maruelles, but no miracles. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Pref. sig. aj It was accompted for one of the marueyls of the worlde. 1674 D. Brevint 313 Sprinkle a little of this holy water upon yourself..; it will do Marvails. 1707 Upon Structure Bow-Church in IV. 380 What Marvels from that Prospect dost thou spy? 1798 J. Ferriar vi. 168 All these curiosities are..great marvels for fools. 1818 Ld. Byron xviii. 12 [Venice] Perchance even dearer in her day of woe, Than when she was a boast, a marvel, and a show. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato (ed. 2) III. 229 Among other marvels he beheld a hollow brazen horse. 1913 J. Muir ii. 72 Partridge drumming was another great marvel. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 370 It was a marvel to see in that castle how by magic they make a compost out of fecund wheat. 1987 W. Raeper xv. 138 On arrival Algiers was ‘white and dazzling’ and full of marvels. society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > marvellous tale > [noun] a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 3 (MED) Wise writeres of arte and of science..left vs write meruailles and wondres. c1395 G. Chaucer 660 Neuere yet was herd so grete meruailles. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 5910 Þe porter ȝede vp to þe halle, And þys merueyle tolde hem alle. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) 6745 Wyten ȝee ouwhare, by any waies, Any merueiles in þis cuntreyes Þat Ich mȝth don in storye. 1484 W. Caxton tr. v The whiche merueylle was announced or sayd to the sayd Pope. c1540 (?a1400) 13776 (heading) Here Ye A Meruayle Of A Lady By Nygramansy. ?1544 J. Heywood sig. C.ivv And whiche of you telleth most meruell And most vnlyke to be true Shall most preuayle. 1826 W. S. Landor (ed. 2) II. xviii. 590 Like the remora, of which mariners tell marvels. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > instance or example of a1785 R. Glover (1787) I. vii. 178 Young as I am, I saw my husband fall, My children doom'd to sacrifice..had not heav'n achiev'd This marvel of compassion in a foe. 1854 G. R. Gliddon in J. C. Nott & G. R. Gliddon iii. iii. 669 His address..is a marvel of eloquence, sublimity of thought, and classical diction. 1873 W. Black xxv. 418 The house was a marvel of neatness and comfort. 1917 A. Woollcott Oct. (1944) 38 He is a marvel of good humor, consideration and dignity. 1941 W. A. Percy iv. 43 Mère's quilts were marvels of skill and took months and months to make. 1994 11 Jan. c8/2 The hard disk drive in my subnotebook computer..is a marvel of miniaturization. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder > marvels collectively 1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis xix, in Apr. 453 And all the marvel of the golden skies. 1984 J. Frame (1987) vii. 56 I wrote poems and some letters, the kind of inspired letters travellers send from a new country where everything glistens with marvel. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [noun] the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [noun] c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 870 (MED) Ich haue of þi tale gret meruaile. c1395 G. Chaucer 87 In al the halle ne was ther spoke a word, For merueille of this knyght. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 5927 (MED) Þe lorde and þe gestes alle..Had merueyle þat hyt was so. 1493 in (1894) New Ser. I. 125 To our great marvile and displeasure. 1535 Rev. xvii. 6 When I sawe her I wondred with greate mervayle. 1587 J. Higgins (new ed.) Brennus xlv Our peace did all to ioy and maruaile move. 1601 W. T. tr. R. Nannini 8 To the great meruaile of the French themselues, [he] consented that his sonnes should compound with the French. 1618 S. Rowlands 31 They said with maruell and great admiration, How strange and sodaine is this alteration? 1805 W. Scott ii. xxxii. 57 Use lessens marvel, it is said. 1884 11 Sept. 4/3 Sir Richard Cross..is..to nobody, if the look of marvel in his eyes may be trusted, a greater marvel than to himself. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > of south or tropical America 1597 J. Gerard ii. 272 The maruell of Peru, or the maruel of the World. 1660 R. Sharrock 28 In the seed of Mervayle-of-the-world..you must chuse out such flowers as be variable while they blow. 1721 J. Mortimer (ed. 5) II. 230 Marvel of Peru, so termed from its wonderful Variety of Flowers on the same Root. 1798 A. Plumptre tr. A. von Kotzebue i. iii. 11 Dandelion is a weed, and the young fellow that lives here is also a weed; but you are the sweet marvel-of-Peru. 1882 6 May 317/3 Marvel of Peru..will look well at the back part of the borders. 1942 47/1 Cosmos and Marvel of Peru run riot in waste places in Nairobi. 1987 (1989) 446/2 Mirabilis jalapa (marvel of Peru, four o'clock plant)... The fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers..are in various colours, including yellow, red, crimson, rose and white. Phrases†P1. c1300 [see sense 2a]. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) i. 3234 Tho was ther gret merveile on honde, That he..so wys a knyht, His lif upon so young a wyht Besette wolde in jeupartie. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif (1880) 265 It is grett meruaile þat god..distroieþ not alle þis cursed peple. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 307 Mervayle me thynkyth..why ye rebuke this noble knyghte as ye do. c1500 (?a1475) (1896) 103 (MED) Hit was gret merueyle how I myght endure. ?1529 S. Fish sig. A2v Is it any merueille that youre people so compleine of pouertie? ?1542 H. Brinkelow xi. sig. C6 It is meruel..that fyre descend not down from heauen. 1607 S. Hieron Worth Water of Life in (1620) I. 204 It is no meruaile though there bee euery where so many empty soules. 1611 Ecclus. xvi. 11 It is merueile, if he escape vnpunished. View more context for this quotation 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. ii. 53 in II It's maruell hee has not more followers, after his ragged heeles. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) p. 594 (MED) Of mailes was nouȝt his hauberk; It was al of anoþer werk, Þat meruail is to here. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) 12896 (MED) Merueile hit is to þinke in brest How shulde þe clerke baptise þe prest. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 86 Þe good spirit schulde nat aske, ne require of God, noo þinge þat is merveilous ne þat is merveil [c1450 Longleat mervell] to þink on, that is to seye, to tempte God. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 1081 Hit were mervayle to telle the grete love that ys betwene the Fayre Maydyn of Ascolat and hym. c1540 (?a1400) 1985 A myst and a merkenes was meruell to se. c1460 (a1325) (Laud) 17406 No marvayle though ye vs not trow. 1526 W. Bonde i. sig. Aiiii And no meruell: For in the syght of the deite resteth all. 1611 M. Smith in Transl. Pref. sig. ⁋4 And what maruaile? 1615 W. Lawson (1626) 31 No maruell then, if Trees make their shoots, and put their spraies disorderly. a1674 Earl of Clarendon (1702) I. i. 7 I say, it is no Marvail..that he could think of no better way [etc.]. 1678 J. Bunyan 171 No marvel, if where the flesh only bears sway (as it will in that Man where no faith is to resist) if he sells his Birth-right..to the Devil of Hell. View more context for this quotation 1815 W. Scott iii. xxvii. 115 No marvel, 'mid such musings high, Sleep shunn'd the monarch's thoughtful eye. 1857 H. T. Buckle I. x. 609 What marvel if..the most insignificant trifles should swell into matters of the highest importance? 1884 R. D. Blackmore II. ii. 17 What marvel, that we have sold our birth-right to an acephalous mollusk, when the simple use of the tongue has passed into such headless mongreldom? †P3. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > wonder, be astonished [phrase] a1500 (?c1450) 1 (MED) Whan the fendes sien that, they hadden right grete feer and gret merveile. c1540 (?a1400) 4954 Þai..hade maruell full mekull of þat mayne place. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. E2v, in (rev. ed.) I haue great maruail that..we can by no possibility heare of your being. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb] c1500 (1895) 348 Wherof they were al joyfull & glad to meruayll. Compounds C1. 1702 C. Beaumont (new ed.) xviii. xcii. 275 The Marveilmongers grant that He Was moulded up but of a mortal metal. 1822 T. L. Beddoes iv. iii. 99 Turn out that fellow; I know him for a crazy marvel-monger. C2. 1845 Aug. 475/1 The doubtful honor of having originated the scheme for humbugging the marvel-loving portion of the American people. 1903 Apr. 326 The marvel-loving chronicler. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). marveln.2 Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: marble n. Etymology: Variant of marble n., either after marvel n.1 or by lenition of intervocalic /b/ to /v/. Compare marl n.3 English regional, U.S. regional, and Irish English. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric of specific colour > [noun] > multicoloured 1543 Inventory 18 June in (1967) 115 A goune of marvell fassed with fox fur lined with blacke fris 16s. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > marbles > [noun] > marble a1734 J. Comer in (1893) 8 17 A little lad..was playing marvils..near the Old North Meeting House, Boston, and a cart laden passing by, a marvil rolling under the cart he stept to get it. 1742 W. Ellis July ii. 27 A Worm..bred in them, which raised a Wart as big as a Marvel on them. 1823 E. Moor 221 Marvels, boys' marbles. 1845 J. J. Hooper xi. 136 Sometimes..I play marvels. 1863 J. McCarroll I. xviii. 47 Not a sowl less than eight thousand of us will turn out up here, ready for anythin from a game of marvels to a murther. 1867 P. Kennedy i. 5 In the season we shot marvels on the road. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ ii. 27 Jim, I'll give you a marvel. 1929 5 19 Marvels,..marbles. ‘Th' young-uns has got some o' these hyar store-boughten marvels.’ 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark §665/2 Marble, ivory, marb, marvel, man, mig, miggle. 1968 in (1996) III. 528/1 Little boys play marvels. 1999 J. M. Kirk in 8 312 Ulster has its own children's games..marvel, mervel ‘a child's marble’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). marveln.3 Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an isolated survival of maroile n., although if so the phonological history is obscure. English regional ( southern) and (now chiefly) U.S.the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > horehound 1847 J. O. Halliwell II. 543/2 Marvel, the herb hoarhound. 1875 W. D. Parish 72 Marvel, Hoarhound. 1911 A. Henkel 51 Marvel, same as horehound. 1937 (ed. 22) 1463/2 Marrubium. Hoarhound. Horehound. White Hoarhound. Marvel. 1974 N. Coon 158 Marrubium vulgare—Horehound, houndsbane, marvel, marrub. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † marveladj.Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: marvel n.1 Etymology: Probably < marvel n.1 Compare Old French merveil marvellous (11th cent., rare), and earlier marvellous adj. Obsolete. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] a1400 (a1325) (Fairf. 14) 995 (MED) A Meruail walle ys hit a-boute. c1400 (?c1380) l. 81 (MED) Þis is a meruayl message a man for-to preche. tr. Palladius (Duke Humfrey) (1896) v. 88 (MED) Ek meruel thing affermeth Marcyal. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 83 He ys the mervaylyste knyght that ys now lyvynge. a1500 (a1460) (1897–1973) 153 (MED) To you I tell The meruellest thyng that euer fell; Hyr madynhede with hir shall dwell, As dyd beforne. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. 384 They..dyd ther feates of armes mervaile to recorde. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart II. liii. [lii.] 188 They were the falsest people and of the merueylest condycyons yt were in all the royalme. 1530 J. Rastell i. xvii. sig. b3 Thys is now one of the meruelest conclusyons yt euer I herd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2021). marvelv.1Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French merveiller. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman merveiller, marveiller, mervailer, mervaler, merveller, Old French merveillier (11th cent.) < merveille marvel n.1 Compare Spanish maravillar (1207), Portuguese maravilhar (13th cent.), Italian meravigliare (13th cent.; also maravigliare).Johnson (1755) gives only the sense ‘to wonder; to be astonished’, which he labels ‘disused’. Webster (1828) labels it ‘nearly obsolete’, but this comment is deleted from the 1847 ed. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > wonder [verb (impersonal)] c1380 (1879) 556 Garyn, me meruaylleþ mych of þe..How þou darst entremetrie of me a-ȝen me to take fiȝt. c1390 in C. Brown (1924) 146 (MED) Me merueyles ouer al Þat God let mony mon croke and elde. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) v. 4481 (MED) So that the more me merveilleth What thing it is mi ladi eilleth. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) 11671 (MED) ‘Marye,’ he saide, ‘me merueileþ þe Þat seest þe heȝenes of þis tre.’ 1402 in T. Wright (1861) II. 75 Me merveilith moche of thin lewidheed! 1496 (c1410) (de Worde) Int. x. sig. avv Me meruaylleth moche why Cryste taught more that yonge riche man the commaundementes of the seconde table than of the fyrste. a1500 (a1460) (1897–1973) 90 Of Mary, my wyfe, meruels me. 2. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder, be amazed [verb (intransitive)] a1382 (Bodl. 959) Wisd. v. 2 Þei shul ben disturblid with orrible drede and shul merueilen in þe soodeynesse of þe vnhopid helþe. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vii. 4481 (MED) So that upon his ignorance The wyde world merveileth yit. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) 18774 Gode men of galile wher vpon merueile ȝee? ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius ii. pr. v. 47 I wondre gretly þat men merveylen on swiche thynges. c1480 (a1400) St. Katherine 111 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) II. 445 Bot þu suld moyse here & merwall, of hewine & erth. 1535 G. Joye sig. E.viv Meruel not at this thyng. 1583 R. Tanner B iij b It is a thing greatly to bee meruayled at. 1605 in (1885) App. v. 372 Let not any man mervaylle of the manyfould downefalles into synne. 1666 J. Bunyan ⁋41 Presently I found two things within me at which I did sometimes marvel. 1745 J. Thomson ii. v. 27 I do not marvel at their Rage of Joy. a1770 T. Chatterton (1971) I. 205 Echone wylle Marvelle atte the dernie dede. 1841 W. Spalding III. 250 Their annual liquefaction of the blood of Saint Januarius, over which they never tire of marvelling. 1866 A. Trollope II. ii. 30 She was one of those whose lot in life drives us to marvel at the inequalities of human destiny. 1904 J. London xxvi. 250 I listened to the clamor in the steerage and marvelled upon the love which had come to me. 1962 E. Roosevelt I. ii. 32 I really marvel now at my confidence and independence, for I was totally without fear in this new phase of my life. 1990 M. Spark (BNC) vii. 75 He watched her reading, marvelling over the bloom of her lovely complexion. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder or astonishment [verb (reflexive)] the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > wonder, be astonished [phrase] a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) v. 2060 (MED) The world is yit merveiled Of the maistries that he wroghte. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 70 Þai spakk Fransch wonder wele, and þerof I meruailed me gretely. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 3218 He..Was on þe make of þat mote noȝt mervalled a litill. 1490 (1962) ii. 15 Blanchardyn..coude not merueylle hym self to moche..of the dyuerse and strange werkes that he perceyued. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. 324 I am greatly marveled of the letters ye have sent me. a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. 1127 Of ane thing ȝit I meruell me. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) 5305 (MED) Also þe kyng was meruelynde. a1500 (?c1450) 3 (MED) When the heirdes sye their bestes so deyen in the feldes, thei merveyled gretly. 1563 Receiv. Sacrament i. sig. I iii iij Take then this lesson..that when thou goest vp to the reuerent Communion..thou maruell with reuerence. 1632 R. Sanderson 481 Let vs not mervaile if he begin to deale something strangely. 1691 B. Keach 118 Thy Saints do marvel, well they may, For Angels wonder do. 1782 J. Wolcot in J. J. Rogers (1872) 22 The Queen turned up the whites of her eyes, marvelling. 1839 J. H. Newman IV. xix. 333 A religious mind is ever marvelling, and irreligious men..scoff at it because it does. 1896 C. G. D. Roberts xv. 199 ‘What is he going to do?’ murmured Mizpah, with wide eyes. ‘We'll soon see!’ said I, marvelling mightily. 1925 W. Cather i. x. 120 In his palm lay two lumps of soft blue stone... The children marvelled. ‘Oh, what are they?’ 1987 R. Ellmann v. 119 Those who attended came to laugh but stayed to marvel. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) v. 1828 (MED) Þe kyng gretly gan mervaile To sen his pouert in so lowe maner. 1535 Psalms xlvii. 3 They marveled, to se soch thinges. 1535 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman (1902) I. 437 I cannot a little marvayle to understand that..ye have [etc.]. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda i. ix. 23 He shoulde not meruaile to see them bring theyr weapons. a1657 W. Burton (1658) 121 Much less let him marvel to find Baths in garrisoned Towns. 1790 A. Francis 205 The maidens take care of my flock, But marvel to see me so pale! 1847 H. W. Longfellow ii. iii. 83 They marvelled to see the wealth of the ci-devant blacksmith. 1871 H. James Watch & Ward in Nov. 587/1 You would have marvelled to see, meanwhile, the easy breathing of her conscience. a1911 D. G. Phillips (1917) II. iv. 66 ‘There's something to be said for that,’ replied Susan, marveling to find in this piteous creature the only case of thorough content she had ever seen. 1983 G. Harris vii. 141 Kerish marvelled to find this ancient custom..still kept. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder or astonishment at [verb (transitive)] a1382 (Bodl. 959) Judith x. 7 Þe preestis..stoneynge merueileden [L. mirati sunt] ful myche þe fairnesse of hir. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) 2062 I merveile the askyng this demande. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 233 Hit is to be mervaylede how that so hevy a thynge myghte be soe erecte. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1957) i. xi. 31 Thai mervalit the riche giftis of Eneas. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. 441 It myght well be marveyled howe they endured so long. 1565 T. Stapleton f. 46 That were, surely, worth the lerning, and much to be marvailed, if [etc.]. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) 256 Let it not be Maruelled, if sometimes they proue Excellent Persons. 1827 W. Tennant i. 33 Sir Knicht did hing a while on wing, Marvellin' the meanin' o' that thing. 1834 J. W. Ord I. 175 Need it be marvelled that so much of energy, enterprise, and ambition actuated Thomas à Becket, the son of love, wonder, and romance. 4. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder or astonishment at [verb (transitive)] a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) i. 2226 (MED) Now schalt thou noght forthi mervaile That I doun fro my Charr alihte. 1465 J. Paston in (2004) I. 139 I merveyll that I here no tidyngges from yow hough ye haue do at the assises. a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 59 In thys behalfe I can not agre wyth you in but rather I marvayle that you can say so. 1611 Gal. i. 6 I marueile, that you are so soone remoued from him, that called you into the grace of Christ. View more context for this quotation 1700 C. Cibber ii. 19 I marvel that her Grace did leave it out. 1785 W. Cowper iv. 713 I marvelled much that..his beauties had then first Engaged my wonder. 1820 W. Scott I. ii. 42 I marvel your ladyship could bear so long with her insolence. 1912 H. Belloc 29 I was in it [sc. an inn] some five years ago, marvelling that it had changed so little. 1983 A. Geras iii. 38 Mr. Kaminsky marvelled that parents so often did not know their own children at all. ?c1450 (1891) 5924 (MED) We meruayle vs Þat ȝe ressayue þir reuours þus. ?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton (Harl. 6579) i. xliv. f. 28 (MED) I merueyle me þe more þat þei sey contrarye here to, as it semeþ. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. cclxxiii. 409 They are all greatly marueyled..that..ye wolde nat yssue out of your strayte to fight with them. 1548 E. Gest sig. Bivv I maruel me muche that many of them..haue in earnest meyntenaunce transubstanciation. 5. the mind > attention and judgement > feel curious about [verb (transitive)] the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder or astonishment at [verb (transitive)] > ask wonderingly a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vi. 171 Everich be himself merveilleth What thing it is that me so eilleth. ?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif (1880) 366 (MED) I merueyle wher þe pryuelegis commen alonde wherby owre colagis of monkis..claymen to be exempt. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 497 Sotheroun merueld giff it suld be Wallace. 1530 J. Palsgrave 581/1 I marvayle what you meane. 1609 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 215 I maruell where Troylus is. View more context for this quotation 1643 Sir T. Browne (authorized ed.) i. §45 I cannot but marvaile from what Sibyl or Oracle they stole the Prophesie of the worlds destruction by fire. View more context for this quotation 1741 J. Miller 25 Descriptions which may make your Readers stare, And marvel how such pretty Things came There. 1820 W. Scott I. iv. 86 I marvel what blood thou art—neither Englander nor Scot. 1875 Mrs. Randolph I. 44 Christian was marvelling more and more what her father could possibly want with her. 1906 W. de la Mare 35 They told me Pan was dead, but I Oft marvelled who it was that sang Down the green valleys languidly. a1983 ‘R. West’ (1984) i. i. 11 ‘Why did we never think of this before?’ marvelled Mary. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder or astonishment [verb (reflexive)] > ask ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. 961 Ne meruelle [a1450 Lamb. merueille] þe if þei haf grace, franchise & fredom to purchace. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) 2725 I merveyle me wonder faste How ony man may lyve or laste In such peyne. c1440 (?a1400) 1314 (MED) My lorde meruailles hym mekyll..Why thow morthires his men. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] a1425 (?c1375) Barlaam & Josaphat (Harl.) 260 in C. Horstmann (1875) 1st Ser. 229 Þis meteyng meruaild all his mode. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 941 One thynge mervaylith me muche. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 369 (MED) There were iij sustyrs as of oon pulcritude, whiche meruaylede theire beholders. 1567 R. Sempill (single sheet) It dois merwell me, Quhat causit hes the Lordis of Scotland Tak on ane enterpryse of sic folie. 1575 J. Rolland i. f. 10 This mater meruellis me [etc.]. 1592 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick (1878) 79 It mervelis me..quhou Merchinstone cane have onie ground..of his rakning. 1865 A. C. Swinburne (1894) v. ii. 148 It marvels me This girl that loves me should desire so much To have me sleep with shame for bedfellow A whole life's space. 1912 E. T. Thurston xi. 89 It marvelled Christina that it should have lasted with Dicky as it did. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). marvelv.2Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown; perhaps a figurative use of marvel v.1 Derivation < marble n. 11a or marvel n.2 (compare quot. 1890) seems unlikely on semantic grounds. U.S. slang. the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)] 1841 H. J. Mercier & W. Gallop 50 I had to marvel ashore on my own hook like Mullins's dog. 1842 J. Martin Diary in (1990) 63 540 [The sow] giving a particular pig yell marvelled off with him..before he was well awake & was marvelled forard with a kick in his a—e before he got asleep again. 1851 13 Sept. 350/1 I left seashore and salts, and marvelled at once into the interior of Connecticut. 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Marble (American), also marvel, to bound, bounce, or run along. From a boy's marble thrown along a sidewalk. 1927 3 139 If [in] a hurry he must ‘cut along’ or ‘marvel’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1c1300 n.21543 n.31847 adj.a1400v.1c1380v.21841 |
