Middle English Dictionary Entry
amerveilled ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | amerveilled ppl. Also amervel(l)ed, amarveled. |
| Etymology | OF amervelé; cp. esmerveillier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. amervellen v.
1.
(a) Filled with wonder or admiration; (b) astonished, surprised; (c) bewildered.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)47.5 : Hij sehen in swich manere, and ben ameruailed.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3857 : Many were a-meruailed of here douȝti dedes.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)17801 : A wonder noyse..Was tho y-herd..What that myȝt be, thei were ameruayled.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)66/3 : Owyr mercyful Lord..visite þis creatur wyth..plentyuows terys, þat þe good ladijs of þe place wer mech a-merueylyd þerof.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)6072 : Þe prince, ameruaylde sore of þis caas, Ful fast hym hyid tyl he þere was.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.137r : As sheo cam by the kyng for to haue refuyte of hym sheo lay doune at his fete And as the bicche lay there the whelpes in her wombe gonne to berke shille in maner as hit were joysyng þurgh whiche the kyng awoke of his nappyng and was amervailed of this wonder.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)29 : Alle..were amerueyled of hir grete wysdom and passyng beute.
- a1500 Tundale (Adv 19.3.1)1694 : He was amerveld of that syght.
b
- c1330 Degare (Auch)1046 : Þe fader amerueiled wes Whi his swerd was pointles.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4467 : Gretly amervaylyd [vr. mervaylyd].
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 2.7 : Þei were amerueylde ande gretely wondurden.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)62/17 : So I was gretly amervelled that ye gave noon othre knowleche of your gooyng.
c
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.5596 : Wheroff astonyd, he gan anon tenquere, As he that was amerueilid in his thouht.