Middle English Dictionary Entry
enamǒured ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | enamǒured ppl. Also an-, enamered. |
| Etymology | OF enamouré. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Filled with love or affection; smitten with love, enamored;--with on, upon, of, til, with phrase.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)239 : Al an-amourd on him þai were..for his feir chere.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)8170 : A grete mayster and a syre was a-namourd so on hyre.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.254 : Enamoured bicom Edward of dame Blanche.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)52/18 : And anone ryȝt he was vnarmerede [sic] oppon hire.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1143 : Cupido..Hadde the liknesse of the childe y-take, This noble queen anamored to make On Eneas.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1610 : She wex enamoured upon this man.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.3405 : He was enamoured vpon hir beute.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.5657 : He was enamoured with the semlynesse [of an image in the water].
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)98 : Echo was anamored on faire Arcisus.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)9367 : On Igerne y am enamured strong, I deye ȝyf hit me laste long.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13725 : Pirrus of þat pert was pristly enamurt.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)125/50 : Þat old shrewe joseph..was so Anameryd upon þat mayd.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)226 : So he was an-amored hys þowȝtur tylle, Wyth her he þowȝth to worche hys wylle, And wedde her to hys wyfe.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)400 : He was so an-amered of þat syȝth.
2.
Moved by love (to do something).
Associated quotations
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.1678 : Iubiter..Was enamerid with hir for to meete.