Middle English Dictionary Entry
formad ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | formad ppl. Pl. formadde. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE gemǣd(ed & gemād. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. mad, amad.
1.
(a) Grown mad, frantic; (b) grown foolish, foolish.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1761 : Alisaundrine..morned neiȝh formad for meliors.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24539 : I, murnand moder, þus formadd [Göt: formade; Frf: formad], In sterin stanging was i stadd.
b
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)509 : Of þat soumme, ȝet arn summe such sottez formadde.