ppl. a. Obs. Forms: 4 amiled, 5 amelyd, 6 ammelyt, amelled, ameld, aumayld, 7–8 amell’d. [f. AMEL v. + -ED; in AFr. 1363 aymelet.] Enamelled.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 1080. Knopes fine of golde amiled.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VII. xi. 77. With latit sowpyl siluer weyll ammelyt [v.r. annelit].
a. 1564. Becon, Christ & Antichr. (1844), 518. The cross of pride … well gilt and ameled.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., II. iii. 27. Gilden buskins … entayld With curious antickes, and full fayre aumayld.
1600. Chapman, Iliad (1857), XVI. 123. Achilles’ arms, enlighten’d all with stars, And richly amell’d.
1710. Philips, Pastorals, 2. Oh when shall I once more With ravished eyes review thine amell’d shore?
