Middle English Dictionary Entry
asad ppl.
Entry Info
Forms | asad ppl. |
Etymology | Cp. OE ge-)sadian satiate. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Satiated, fed up (with); (b) stiffened, inflexible.
Associated quotations
a
- a1350(1307) Execution Fraser (Hrl 2253)7 : Selde wes he glad, þat neuer nes asad of nyþe ant of onde.
- a1350 Maximian (Hrl 2253)146 : Hue makeþ me selde gled..of me hue is asad.
b
- c1300 SLeg.John (LdMisc 108)340 : Ʒif he [a bow] is..i-bend faste euere-mo, Febli he schal and beo a-sad.