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† aˈmarvel, v. Obs.
Also 4–5 amerveil(e, -vail(e, 5 -veyl(le, -vel, amarvail(e, -vel, admerveyll(e, -vayll(e, 5–6 amervayl(le.
[a. OFr. amerveillie-r, earlier émerveillier, esmerveillier, to strike with wonder, f. es-:—L. ex-, out, utterly + merveiller to surprise, f. merveille wonder, marvel:—L. mirābilia. The prefix a- was subseq. erroneously refashioned as ad- in MFr., which was also introduced into Eng. by Caxton: see admerveylle and ad-.]
To strike or fill with wonder; almost always in the passive, To be surprised, astonished.
a1330Sire Degarré 1046 The Fader amerueiled wes Whi his swerd was point les. c1350Will. Palerne 3857 Many were ameruailed of here douȝti dedes. c1400Epiph. (Turnb. 1843) 1694 He was amerveld of that syght. c1430Lydg. Bochas i. xv. (1554) 31 a, As he that was amerueyled in his thought. c1440Gesta Rom. ii. xxxvii. 392 He was amarvailede of her fairenesse. 1470Harding Chron. lxxvi, The knightes..Amarueled were of it doutelesse. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 218/1 Thenne were they admerueylled of the beaute of the reson. c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 100 Arthur..mette wyth much people..whereof he was gretly ameruayled. |