wax wode

English

Etymology

From Middle English waxen wode.

Verb

wax wode (third-person singular simple present waxes wode, present participle waxing wode, simple past waxed wode or (archaic) wex wode, past participle waxed wode or (dialectal, archaic) waxen wode)

1. (obsolete) To become angry because of something, be made angry by someone or something.
   • 1806, James Petite Andews, The History of Great Britain:

     My hair stode up, I waxed wode, my synewes all did shake / And, as the fury had me vext, my teeth began to quake

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