wode

wode
Wood Wood (w[oo^]d), a. [OE. wod, AS. w[=o]d; akin to OHG. wuot, Icel. [=o][eth]r, Goth. w[=o]ds, D. woede madness, G. wuth, wut, also to AS. w[=o][eth] song, Icel. [=o][eth]r, L. vates a seer, a poet. Cf. {Wednesday}.] Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic. [Obs.] [Written also {wode}.] [1913 Webster]

Our hoste gan to swear as [if] he were wood. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]


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