Middle English Dictionary Entry
māsen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | māsen v. Also mase, maze; p.ppl. mased, mazed, massed, masit, maized, mast, mosid. |
| Etymology | From amāsed ppl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To confuse (sb. or sth.), confound; bewilder, astonish; ppl. mased, amazed, bewildered; also, deceived; (b) to be confused or bewildered.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 SLeg.Brendan (Corp-C 145)116 : Hy wende alond as mased [Hrl:Horst.: maskede] men; hy nuste ware hy were.
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)147/27 : He is masid & maad blynde in a peynful vnknowyng & a wood wondryng to wite what þou doost.
- a1425 Shrewsbury Frag.(Shrw 6)6/57 : On mold were neuer so mased men, When þat we saw him by vs sit.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 9.7 : Soþely þo men..stoden alle mased; a voyce soþely þei harde, bot no man þei sawe.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)53/38 : And so þe thrall saull, masyd meruelusly, no þing bot ffleschly desires couetis.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)51 : Certis þe ymaginacioun of such as is now seid..muste needis..oppresse oure ymaginacioun and stonye it and, as it were, mase it.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)230 : He schal ful ofte bi masing studie be ful idil, whanne he myȝte be weel and fruytfulli occupied.
- a1450(?1420) Lydg.TG (Tan 346)682 : Within my self I finde A nwe ple brouȝt on me with drede, Þat me so maseþ þat I se no spede.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1739 : I make men masyd and mad.
- a1450 PPl.B (Cmb Dd.1.17)10.279 : Mased [Ld: þe beem lithe in ȝowre eyghen, And þe festu is fallen for ȝowre defaute In alle manere men þourgh mansed prestes].
- a1450 PPl.B (Cmb Dd.1.17)12.86 : Mased [Ld: clergye is conforte to creatures þat repenten And to mansed men myschief at her ende].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)9748 : Masit were our myndes & our mad hedis..ffor the wille of a woman.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13280 : Folis þat faryn by fer costes, Þat heron the melody, so mekill are masit in hert, Lettyn sailis doun slyde.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.247 : Suche men ben blynde, And well þe blyndere for þeire mased mynde.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)12808 : Sone ylkon of þem oþer knew; þen ware þei mased all owt of myȝt.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)160/4784 : For which y stood so masid in that stound That y not koude oon sely word abreide.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)348 : I marre hys myndys to þer wan..Many a holy man wyth me ys mosyde.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)29/24 : And for þay myght not do no good, þay ȝeden as maset bestes þurgh all þe contre.
- a1525 PPl.Creed (Roy 18.B.17)826 : Masedere hi [Trin-C: Þouȝ..freres..Disputen..as dotardes schulden, Þe more þe matere is moved þe mosedere by worþen].
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)17/103 : Whan I shulde slepe, I walowe and I thinke and me disporte. Thus combred, I seme that al folk had me mased.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)438 : A fers feintise folwes me..& takes me so tenefully..þat i mase al marred.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2387 : Ye maze, maze, goode sire..This thank haue I for I haue maad yow se.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)148/4406 : Crewelle deth hath fro me raught..my lady..What shuld y do but mase in hevynes.
2.
Ppl. mased as adj.: (a) distraught, dismayed; troubled, anxious; alarmed, frightened; (b) deranged, doting; crazed, crazy; frenzied, enraged; (c) stunned, faint, senseless; weak, exhausted; ~ of main, deprived of strength.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.526 : She was so mazed in the see That she forgat hir mynde.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.678 : Of this meruaille agast was al the prees; As mazed folk they stoden euerychone For drede of wreche.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)17361 : So ferde & mased þo stood þai Þat þei nuste what to say.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)17a/b : Consternor: to be mad or masyd.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)110 : My mayzed heed sleeplees han of konnynge And wyt dispoylyd.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)31/82 : Allas! for syte and sorowe sadde; Mournynge makis me mased and madde.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)245/126 : Vn-to my discipilis go will I.. to comforte þam Þat mased is in þer mynde.
- a1450-a1475 Lydg.TB (Bergen)1.3334 : Out of his mouthe had a flawme blasid, Wher-of Iason first a litel masid Was in his hert of þat dredful þing.
- c1450(c1375) Chaucer Anel.(Benson-Robinson)322 : My wit is al aweye..For now I pleyne, and now I pleye, I am so masid that I deye.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8430 : Andromaca.. was affrayet full foule with a fuerse dreme.. masit full euyll.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)13009 : Þei ware so mased in þer mode þat of þer tressour toke þei none.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14399 : Þei ware so mased and mad, A word þei myȝt not speke.
- c1450 Siege Troy(2) (Rwl D.82)277 : Distroubled and mased of al thes sorowful tydingges.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)201 : Whan the saisnes saugh the kynge Madalen deed, thei were so mased that thei turned to flight.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)220/519 : Ye haue so long wepyd for me that ye ar masyd and lappyd in wo.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)358/165,166 : For ihesu that is so seldom sene, as masid men mowrne we may..Mowrnyng makys vs masid and mad.
- a1500 Maist thou now (Hrl 116)6 : O maset wriche, I marke the with my mace.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)398/292 : Foules..of meat and drink shall haue no mynd but stand all madd and mased.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.132 : Of love.. So drunke I am, that mi wit faileth And al mi brain is overtorned, And mi manere so mistorned, That I foryete al that I can And stonde lich a mased man.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)27a/b : Þe resonable spirit is I-lette of alle his werkes in body, as it is I-seide, a mased madde man and frenetik & in oþir þat..leseþ vse of resoun.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)77.71 : And wakened es lauerd als slepand, Als mased of wine [L crapulatus a vino] mightand.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)27891 : Be a man neuer so wise..And he be tane in dronkinhede, All his wittes..Er turned into ful simple state.. Whare he by reson sold be rad, So es his minde mased and mad.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)145 : He was so miche fonned, masid, and dotid that he worschiped tho ydolis as Goddis.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1739 : I make men masyd and mad, And euery man to kyllen odyr Wyth a sory chere.
- a1450 Ch.Feasts (Roy 18.A.10)175 : Oure lady..lay still doted and dased, As a womman mapped and mased, Fro riȝtfull resoun robbed and rased.
- a1450 PPl.B (Cmb Dd.1.17)4.160 : Mased [Ld: And leten mekenesse a maistre and Mede a mansed schrewe].
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)16229 : Þei mett als þei ware massed and made, so ylkon wold on oþer crepe.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)17963 : Þe kyng was made all mast and moued all out of mynd.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)3253 : By my trowith..wel masid is thy pan..þow art verry wood.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)825/2 : Into thys contrey ye cam lyke a mased man, clene oute of youre wytte.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)655 : I am nere masyd; my wytte ys gon.
c
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)4000 : Ar þat he all þa haue slain, He sal be masid of his mayn.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)15875 : Mased [Vsp: Mate] & wery þenne were þei, þo þei nuste wherfore hit was.
- c1400(1375) Canticum Creat.(Trin-O 57)205 : Anon to þe erthe she fel adoun, As ded she hadde bene; So al a day she lay al mast.
- a1425 Nicod.(1) (Add 32578)1767 : As mased mysse my men þai lay; Was non of þaim durst speke ne loke.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)12 : For I have felynge in nothyng But, as yt were, a mased thyng Alway in poynt to falle adoun.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8268 : Achilles..wayueronde he sote.. on horse..Euyll masit of the mynt.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10396 : Þe Mirmydons þaire maistur, masit on þe grene, Lyfton vp lyuely..Horsit hym in haste.. His strenkith restoris stithly agayn.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1270 : A litill meȝne Ware als malstrid [read: malscrid] & mased & matid of þaire strenthes.