v. Obs. Forms: 5 esmervail, -vayll, 6 esmarveyl. [ad. OF. esmerveill-er, f. es-:—L. ex- out + merveill-er to wonder, MARVEL. See also AMARVEL.] trans. a. To astonish. b. To wonder at, admire.
1475. Caxton, Jason, 98. Jason was moche esmeruailled thenne whan he understod the hyghe mysteres that hym behoued to make.
1502. Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W., 1506), IV. xxix. 341. Contemple, and esmaruayll the grete & incomprenable dyfference.
1509. Hawes, Past. Pleas. (Percy Soc.), 189. Thus al esmarveyled we dyd then awake.
