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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mangit, ppl. a. Also: mangd. [Mang v.] Mentally confused, crazed, crazy, distracted, out of one's mind; ? of a senile person, imbecile, doting; also ? discomfited, worsted.Freq. also half-mangit.(1) a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 546.
Hangit mangit eder stangit strynd stultorum c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 118.
That carll mangit That full of eldnyng is & anger & all euill thewis 1513 Doug. vi. Prol. 20.
It semys a man war mangit [1553, manglit] tharon list luke 1535 Stewart 19708. Ib. 39586.
So wode thai war and mangit out of mynd, … [that] thai did remane Fechtand in feild Ib. 52605.
And wald he nocht that tyme to be so mangit Befoir his face richt sone he sould se hangit His awin deir sone a1538 Abell 105 b.
[If] thare fathir & mothir be mangit & thai haif na cuyre of thame 1540 Lynd. Sat. 2029.
Hold thy tung man, it semis that thow art mangit, Speik thow of preistis but dowt thow wilt be hangit Ib. 1510, 2286. 1571 Sat. P. xxv. 137.
That hanged or manged, Mot ilk man mak his end Wha … Wald nocht this house defend 1605 Dundonald Par. Rec. 86.
Jonat Lovri … was mangit in hir vit and vist not quhat scho did(2) 1513 Doug. iii. v. 52.
At the fyrst blenk … to the grond half mangit fel scho down Ib. viii. Prol. 16.
Musyng marris our myrth half mangit al most Ib. xii. xii. 199. a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxiv. 42.
I sitt and sighis all soliter and sad, Half mangd in mynd, almost as I war mad
