Middle English Dictionary Entry
fūriǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fūriǒus adj. |
| Etymology | OF & L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
Of persons: (a) raging, raving; tormented; (b) impetuous, unrestrained; (c) insane.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1334 : Menelay and Thelamonyus..vpon hym were ful furious.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)390 : They founde..wood Mars, furious and wroth.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3265 : Distracte and furious..she cam to Tydeus..and gan her compleynt mak.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)1358 : Sume haue gret hardynesse..Furyous of Ire, froward of dalyaunce.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)123 : Now wol I speke of Mars, furious and wod.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2155 : Þe furious god Cupide Hath swiche a fir kyndeled in her side.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)111a/a : [Lepers] ar wily, bigylyng & furous .i. wode, And þai wil to mych bere hem selfe aboue þe puple.
c
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)128/9 : Ther fond he þe woman bownden and holden as a furiose person is wone to be seruyd.
1b.
Of beasts: (a) ferocious, fierce; (b) ~ wodnesse, rabies.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.284 : Bolys ful vnmylde..of nature wood and furious.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Look TM (Hrl 2255)38 : The hardy Lioun..Whan he is moost furyous in his myht.
b
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)47 : The first [rage] is cleped furyous woodnesse; the houndes..crien and howlyn.
2.
Of conduct, emotions, etc.: unrestrained, uncontrolled; severe, intense.
Associated quotations
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1101 : In langour and in torment furyus Two yeer and moore lay wrecche Aurelius.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1466 : With pale smylyng & lauȝtre furious.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2090 : For wepyng & sobbyng furious.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3914 : For whos absence in rage furious, Hir lif sche hateþ & curseþ eke fortune.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.3167 : As it fareth of lovers..Her maladie is so furious.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.3636 : Ther is noon so furious greuaunce..But long processe yeueth hym auauntage.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.456 : In his furious fel presumpcioun..he wolde gouerne Rome toun.
- c1450(c1375) Chaucer Anel.(Benson-Robinson)50 : Mars..through his furious cours of ire..Hath set the peples hertes bothe on fire.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)255 : Ther was no mannye, but true disposicion With out al furious mocion.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)20 : The said traitours..yn thare furous crueltye wold hafe slayne her.
3.
Of things or events: fierce, wild; terrifying; ~ lau, severe or savage law.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.161 : [Mars'] stremes ben so passyng despitous, To loke vp-on, inly furious.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3262 : Þe bolis, fel and dispitous, Out caste her fire and flawme furious.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5452 : Allecto and Thesyphone, And Megera..Whom I mote praie to be gracious To my mater, whiche is so furious.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)159b/a : And þof al G..sey nouȝt þe materie furious or wode [L materiam furiosam] bot of mouyng, Neþerlez comon scole takeþ furious of partie of quantite, place & of accident.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.1252 : The place was wilde and solitarie..furious and sauage.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.4344 : The floodis of furious Acheronte.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.4761 : The horrible fall, furious for to reede, That folweth after of þe gret Aman.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.234 : Bi a decre & a furious lawe.