wax wode en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English waxen wode.
Meanings
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(archaic) To become angry because of something; be made angry by someone or something.
My hair stode up, I waxed wode, my synewes all did shake / And, as the fury had me vext, my teeth began to quake
1806, James Petite Andews, The History of Great Britain:
- (obsolete) To be alienated from somebody; be overcome with repugnance for.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wex wode | Tense=Past | archaic | lexicographic |
| wex wode | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | archaic | lexicographic |
| waxed wode | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| waxed wode | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| waxing wode | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| waxes wode | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| waxen wode | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | archaic, dialectal | lexicographic |