Middle English Dictionary Entry
amāt adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | amāt adj. |
| Etymology | Cp. ME mat adj. and OF mat; ?from OF phrase a mat. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Because their relationship is not entirely clear, MED has distributed related examples among three entries: this one; amated ppl. (?and adjective); and amaten v. (of which this word may have served as ppl.).
1.
Overcome (as with fatigue or surprise); exhausted, confounded.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.2757 : Of longe fiȝtyng awaped and amaat.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.3647 : With wo she was so waped and amaat.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)741 : This Spynx, awapyd and amaat, Stood..With Chier doune-cast.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)168 : He thus lay in lamentacioun..awaped and amate.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)274/95 : Beth ryth ware þat he make ȝou not A-mat.