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▪ I. † wede, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 wédan (3 sing. pres. wét(t), 3 weden, -enn, 3–5 wede, (3 weede, 4 wed, wedde, 3–4 wide), 5 Sc. weide, weid, weyd.
[OE. wédan = OS. wôdian, OHG. wuoten (MHG. wueton, mod.G. wüten), ON. œ́ða:—OTeut. *wōđjan, f. *wōđo- mad: see wood a.]
1. intr. To be or become mad. Cf. awede.
c900Bæda's Hist. v. xiii. (1890) 438 Cwæð he; Ne wede ic [L. non insanio]. c1000Ags. Gosp. John x. 20 Deofol is on him & he wet. a1225Leg. Kath. 1264 Þes keiser..as mon þet bigon to weden & to wurðen ut of his ahne witte, wodeliche ȝeide [etc.]. a1300Cursor M. 3749 Me es sua waa, almast i weede. c1350Will. Palerne 1509 He..went hom aȝeine, Weping as he wold wide for wo & for sorwe. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B 1585 So was þe wyȝe wytles, he wed wel ner. a1400–50Wars Alex. 539, I am all in aunter, sa akis me þe wame, Of werke well ne I wede. c1400Rowland & Otuel 936 He..ferde als he wolde wede. a1413Anturs of Arth. 558 (Ireland MS.) Neȝtehond Syr Wauan wold wede, So wepputte he fulle sore.
b. Phrase. to wede (out) of, but wit.
13..Cursor M. 13975 Of þis womman þe grete fairede Did mani man of witt to wede. c1425Wyntoun Cron. v. x. 1903 Bot ay withe roris reythe he [rerde], Wedande but wit as a wode man. a1450Le Morte Arth. 651 Nighe of witte she wold wede. c1470Henry Wallace ii. 205 Thocht I for wo all out off witt suld weid!
2. To be wild with anger or desire; to rage. Const. again; to (do something).
c1000ælfric Saints' Lives xvi. 225 He [the Devil] wet nu swiðe and wynð on ða cristenan. c1200Ormin 14140 Fra þatt grediȝnesse Þatt doþ þe mann to wedenn rihht To winnenn erþlic ahhte. a1225Ancr. R. 264 Hwon mon loggeð him bi ure Louerde, þeonne on erest biginneð þe deoflen to weden. a1300Cursor M. 2408 Quen þai þe see, for þi fairhede To reue me þe þan sal þai wede. c1425Wyntoun Cron. v. vi. 1179 Fra þine he cessit for to weide Agayne þe cristyn men in deide. Ibid. v. xiii. 4624 In ire as he was wedande þen. c1460Towneley Myst. xv. 47 No wonder if I wede, I that may do no dede; how shuld I theder wyn ffor eld? a1500Ratis Raving 2480 Wedand in a rage.
b. Of waves, pestilence: To rage, be furious.
c900Bæda's Hist. iii. xv. (1890) 200 Þa yða weollon & weddon þæs sæs. c1425Wyntoun Cron. ix. iii. 230 In Scotlande þat ȝhere in wiolence [Was] wedande þe thride pestilence.
Hence † ˈweding (Sc. wedand) ppl. a., raging, raving.
c725Corpus Gloss. L 198 Limphaticus, woedendi. c888ælfred Boeth. vii. §4 Hwa mæᵹ þæm wedendan ᵹietsere ᵹenoh forᵹifan? c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xliii. (Cecilia) 572 Almacius cane til hire say: þat wedand wodnes do away, & sacryfy oure godis til. c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. xi. 1776 Al brym he belyt in to brethe, And wrythit al in wedand wrethe. a1500Ratis Raving 1644 Fore wedand Joy beand in vages Lattis al suthfast gud knawleges.
▪ II. wede
obs. form of weed. |