Middle English Dictionary Entry
agū(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | agū(e adj. |
| Etymology | OF; cp. agūe n. & see fever 3(f). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. acu.
1.
Acute (fever).
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)221b/b : To hem þat hauen þe feuer agu.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)61/10 : Þe feuer agewe þat men calles lente euyll.
- a1500 Burg.Pest.(2) (Sln 2320)75 : Whiles aman is in the sikenes [plague] he sholde be dieted mesurably, for the fever ague is evermore with this sikenes.