ppl. a. arch. Forms: 3–7 apayed, 4–7 apaied, apayd, 5 apayede, 5–6 apayde, 5–7 apaide, 5– apaid; also 4–7 appaied, appayed, 6 appayde, 6–7 appayd, appaid. [f. APAY v. + -ED. Only a poetic archaism since c. 1700.]
1. Satisfied, contented, pleased.
1297. R. Glouc., 117. Mid al he was wel a payed.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth., II. v. 47. With ful lytel þing nature halt hire appaied. Ibid. (c. 1386), Freres Prol., 18. I pray that noon of yow be evel apayd [v.r. a-paide, apeide, ypayd, payd].
a. 1450. Knt. de la Tour (1868), 35. Her husbonde was not best apaied with her for her outegoinge.
1565. Golding, Ovid’s Met., IV. (1593), 86. The sunne full ill appaid Did with his beames disperse the sand.
1675. T. Brooks, Gold. Key, Wks. 1867, V. 189. They call me a devil, but be it so, so long as Christ is magnified, I am well a-payed.
1690. W. Walker, Idiom. Anglo-Lat., 28. Sufficiently apaid, satisfactum.
1867. C. Cayley, transl. Lucretius, in Fortn. Rev., Nov., 590. Well-appay’d [L. placatum] welkin brightens with an even effulgence.
† 2. Repaid, requited, rewarded. Obs.
1598. Yong, Diana. For euery pleasure then, with seuen folde paine I am now apaide.
1633. P. Fletcher, Pisc. Eclogs., III. xvii. My sick love (ah love full ill apay’d).
1748. Thomson, Cast. Indol., I. lxvi. Thy toils but ill apaid.
