Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To go mad; rage; rave.
- noun Madness.
- noun A Middle English form of
weed .
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Examples
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Now, though, WWD manager Alex Murray says, "We have the margins on the more expensive bottles, so that's not a problem for us, but there are other wines that wede-emphasise on the website when we run those promotions."
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February 27, 2008 at 5:09 am o hai, mawm……u tihnk u cud wede dis garrten soon? itz scarrin teh hell outta me!
Tunite - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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¶ He wede haue made reson & sadnesse both bly {n} de
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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Þis wede is wel bicumeliche ⁊ biheue ech man to hauen þenne he husel underfoð.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Like spring-flowers in simmer, "are a 'wede awa';"
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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By eting and drinking of that wede the greatest sneak has no power.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various
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¶ And all wylde wa {n} tonesse out {the} felde gan wede.
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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Itte wythe the ranke wede bereth evalle [32] parte.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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As he stooped before the cupboard her voice reached him, fortuitously uplifted in "The Flowers of the Forest are a 'wede away."
The Judge Rebecca West 1937
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Compare this to the humdrum life of our women in Scotland with their brothers and cousins, "A wede awa" to the uttermost ends of the Empire, and never
whichbe commented on the word wede
1. to be or become mad (cf. awede; from stem of OE wood, mad)
2. to be wild with anger or desire; to rage; (of waves, pestilence:) to rage, be furious
September 1, 2008