ppl. a. Obs.; also 3 amadde, (amed). [prob.:—OE. ʓemǽd for ʓemǽded pa. pple. of ʓemǽdan to madden, Goth. *gamaidjan f. gamaid-s bruised, crazed (ON. meiddr from meiða to hurt, maim), OHG. gameit, OS. gamêd foolish, of which the OE. cogn. ʓemád adj. was apparently replaced by this pple. ʓemǽd. The vowel was shortened as in clad, OE. ʓeclád for ʓecláðod. See also MAD.] Demented, distracted; mad.
1205. Layam., 4438. Of witten heo were amadde.
c. 1220. Hali Meid., 37. Mare amad ȝif ha mei beo; þen is madschipe self.
a. 1230. Ancr. R., 324. Nis he more þen a-med.
c. 1315. Pol. Songs, 156. Heo wendeth bokes unbrad Ant maketh men a moneth a-mad.
