† 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.
| a 1330 Sire Degarré 1046 The Fader amerueiled wes Whi his swerd was point les. c 1350 Will. Palerne 3857 Many were ameruailed of here douȝti dedes. c 1400 Epiph. (Turnb. 1843) 1694 He was amerveld of that syght. c 1430 Lydg. Bochas i. xv. (1554) 31 a, As he that was amerueyled in his thought. c 1440 Gesta Rom. ii. xxxvii. 392 He was amarvailede of her fairenesse. 1470 Harding Chron. lxxvi, The knightes..Amarueled were of it doutelesse. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 218/1 Thenne were they admerueylled of the beaute of the reson. c 1530 Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 100 Arthur..mette wyth much people..whereof he was gretly ameruayled. |