†aˈmad,ppl.a.Obs.Also 3 amadde, (amed).[prob.:—OE.ᵹemǽd for ᵹemǽdedpa.pple.of ᵹemǽdan to madden,Goth.*gamaidjanf.gamaid-s bruised, crazed (ON.meiddr from meiða to hurt, maim),OHG.gameit,OS.gamêd foolish, of which theOE.cogn. ᵹemádadj.was apparently replaced by thispple.ᵹemǽd. The vowel was shortened as in clad,OE.ᵹeclád for ᵹecláðod. See also mad.]Demented, distracted; mad.1205Layam.4438Of witten heo were amadde.c1220Hali Meid. 37Mare amad ȝif ha mei beo; þen is madschipe self.c1230Ancr. R. 324Nis he more þen a-med.c1315Pol.Songs 156Heo wendeth bokes unbrad Ant maketh men a moneth a-mad.