wax wode

English

Etymology

From Middle English waxen wode

Verb

to wax wode

1. 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 — James Petite Andews, The History of Great Britain, 1806
   • From Beowulf to Bertie Wooster (or How British Humor Waxed "Wode") — Spring Schedule of Classes, 2009
   • That last call made me maddest, I think (I waxed wode), ... — Even in a little thing, entry, 2009

2. To be alienated from somebody, be overcome with repugnance for

   • In wyne is lecherie, bi which men wexen wode fro God. — Wyclif sermons, 1425