wax wode

verb — 2 senses

wax wode

verb

Etymology From Middle English waxen wode.

1

Archaic 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 quake1806, James Petite Andews, The History of Great Britain:
2

Obsolete To be alienated from somebody; be overcome with repugnance for.

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