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wodeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English wode, from Old English wōd (“mad, raging, enraged, insane, senseless, blasphemous”), from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (compare Middle Dutch woet > Dutch woede, Old High German wuot > German Wut (“fury”), Old Norse óðr, Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (wōds, “demonically possessed”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-ós, from *weh₂t- (“excited, possessed”) (compare Latin vātēs (“seer, prophet”), Old Irish fáith (“seer”), Welsh gwawd (“song”)).
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1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- WodeMiddle English · word_wode_sb_1
Wode, sb. wood, tree, S, S2, C2, PP; wod, S2; vod, S2; wude, S. Comb.: wode-bynde, woodbine, SkD; woode-bynde, caprifolium, Prompt., C; wod-bynde, S2 (p. 476); woode-lynde, linden-tree in a wood, G; wode-roue, woodruff,
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Wode, sb. woad, S, Prompt.; wod, SkD; wad, gaudo Prompt.—AS. wád.
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Wode, adj. mad, raging, S, S2, S3, C; wod, S, S2, H; wood, C2, C3, S3; woode, W; wodly, adv., madly, C. Der.: wodnes, madness, S2, H; wodenesse, S2; woodnesse, C3, W. Comb.: wodewrothe, madly angry, S3.—AS. wód: Goth. wo
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