Middle English Dictionary Entry
atẹ̄ned ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | atẹ̄ned ppl. Also ateoned. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. tenen annoy.
1.
Annoyed, incensed.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)129/2777 : Þe dragoun was atened stronge, Þat o man him scholde stonde so longe.
- ?1316 SMChron.(Roy 12.C.12)61 : The kyng wes a teoned [vr. atened] stronge, That Corineus astod so longe.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)114 : He was atened of his envy: he tok of hym so liȝte.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)38/4 : He was atened of hem, þat hij weren so blinde.
- a1450 The grete god (Gar 143)13 : Ȝif þou with oon be sore atenede And knowist him a wickid gest, Be þou þi-silf curtese & hende.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)38/24 : Oconnoghur had her of grete dyspyte, & sore was atened [Rwl: grewid].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)45.313/94 : Þat euene weiȝte was seene, þat made þe ffendes sore a tene.
Note: Per REL: Could be made to fit tene n. 4.(a) or (d), as = sore o ~, vexed with anger - but reconsider again at atened ppl.
Note: Per REL: ?=at ene 'at once'
Note: tene n. vexation
Note: a ~ in anger