† wemod, a. Obs.
Forms: α. 1 wéamód, 2–3 wemod, 3 weamod, 4 waymot. β. 3 wamed, wemed.
[OE. wéamód, f. wéa affliction, trouble, malice + -mód: see mood n. The β-forms may represent an OE. variant *wéaméde.]
Passionate, angry.
| α c 897 ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xl. 289 Onᵹean ðæt sint to manianne ða weamodan & ða grambæran [L. iracundi]. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 5 Ne beo þu þereuore prud ne wilde ne sterc ne wemod ne ouer modi. a 1225 Ancr. R. 118 Pellican is..so weamod & so wreðful þet hit sleað ofte uor grome his owune briddes{ddd}þis pellican is þe weamode ancre. c 1290 S. Eng. Leg., St. George 690 He is..Proud and wemod, and drinkare: and in wrathþe al-mest wod. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. C. 492 Why art þou so waymot wyȝe for so lyttel? |
| β c 1205 Lay. 6368 Of alle þingen heo weore god ȝif heo neore to wamed. A-nan se he wes wrað wid eni mon i þan stude he hine wolde slæn. 13.. R. Glouc. (Rolls) App. H 25 A knyȝt he was swiþe god, ac to wemed of ynou. |