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Wed(e, v.² Also: weid(e, weyd, waid(e. [ME wedenn (Orm), wede(n (a1225), i weede p.p. (Cursor M.), wide(n (c1350), OE wédan.]

1. intr.To go mad, to rave in (till) madness, to go (out) of one's wits.(a) c1420 Wynt. iv 2089 (W).
A gret multitud Off wemen wedand [R. rageand, C. rynnande] in wodnes c1420 Wynt. v 1917.
Wedand, but wyt, as a wod-man c1420 Wynt. vii 2292.
In till hys wodnes than wedand 1460 Hay Alex. 14111.
Of his witt nere-hand the king wald wede 1460 Hay Alex. 7227.
He was sa wa that witles nere he wedis(b) c1475 Wall. xi 1161.
Ner out off wytt he worthit for to weyd a1568 Bann. MS 227b/22.
Neir witle I weid

2. To rage, to behave in a frenzied manner, to go wild with fury or ferocity. Also const. in (war, a vice, etc.), agayne (a person). b. With non-material subject. c1420 Wynt. iv 2137.
Quhill thai in were wes wedand [C. wedande] thus [etc.] c1420 Wynt. v 385.
In crualte and avaryce And mony odyr syndry wyce, Sa lang he wedyde [C. wedit, W. rapit] c1420 Wynt. v 1175.
Fra thine he cessyd for to wede [C., W. weide] Agayne the Crystyne-men c1420 Wynt. v 3797.
Thow mays thé agayne God to wede [W. weid] c1420 Wynt. vi 1531.
Athelred … Off Ingland tuk possessyowne … Quhen the Denmarkys wes wedand, Wytht fyre and slawchtyr dystrwyand c1420 Wynt. vii 251.
Willame Bastard wes fell wedand, Sare hys le[i]gys supprysand Be gret grewows exactyownys, And owtrageows extorsyownys c1420 Wynt. vii 388.
Hys eme than he … the flycht he gert hym ta, And … wan the land, And wes a yhere in it wedand [C. wonnande, W. weldand] c1420 Wynt. viii 2368.
How the kyng Edward off Ingland … in Scotland wes wedand [W. werrayit] c1420 Wynt. ix 1440.
Brynt the kyrk wes off Elgyne Be wyld wykkyd Heland-men, As wedand in thair wodnes 1460 Hay Alex. 4506.
Alexander … With vther thevis sic folie settis him on Quhilk in his pride and wantones sa wedis … and herreis al my landisb. c1420 Ratis R. 1421.
And vilfulnes and mysknawleg Ay wodly weidand [pr. weildand] in a rage c1420 Ratis R. 1631.
Lo here sympyll perfeccioune That entris first with misknawlege Of ȝouthed, wedand in a rage c1420 Wynt. viii 6436.
The … pestilens … A yhere or mare it wes wedand(b) c1475 Wall. x 217.
The gret debait in Wallace wit can waid 1513 Doug. vii vii 119.
The gret curage of irne wapynnys can waid [Ruddim. waide] Cruell and wild and all his wyt invaid In wikkit wodnes batale to desire

3. tr.To attack in a frenzied manner. 15.. Christis Kirk 104 (M).
Than Lowrie as ane lyoun lap … He hecht to pers him at the pape Thairon to wed ane wedder