† aˈmad, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 3 amadde, (amed).
[prob.:—OE. ᵹemǽd for ᵹemǽded pa. pple. of ᵹemǽdan to madden, Goth. *gamaidjan f. gamaid-s bruised, crazed (ON. meiddr from meiða to hurt, maim), OHG. gameit, OS. gamêd foolish, of which the OE. cogn. ᵹemád adj. was apparently replaced by this pple. ᵹemǽd. The vowel was shortened as in clad, OE. ᵹeclád for ᵹecláðod. See also mad.]
Demented, distracted; mad.
| 1205 Layam. 4438 Of witten heo were amadde. c 1220 Hali Meid. 37 Mare amad ȝif ha mei beo; þen is madschipe self. c 1230 Ancr. R. 324 Nis he more þen a-med. c 1315 Pol. Songs 156 Heo wendeth bokes unbrad Ant maketh men a moneth a-mad. |