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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Aferd(e, Affeirit, ppl. a. Also: afferd(e, affeird, affear(e)d; aferit, afferit, -yt, affeirat. [ME. aferd, affered, OE. áfǽred, pa. pple. of áfǽran: see Afere v.] Frightened, alarmed, afraid. (Almost exclusively in predicative use.)(a) c1420 Wynt. vi. 932.
Quhen he this herd, In till hys hart he wes aferd Ib. 1220.
In till hys thoucht he wes afferde 1456 Hay I. 36/28.
Na man suld … for our grete displesance … be our disconfourt or aferde c1475 Wall. vi. 258.
Aferd thai war with hidwis noyis and dyne a1500 Colk. Sow 185; etc.
The fulis all afferd were c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxvii. 20.
‘Be nocht afferd,’ said he 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. vii.
Thair gudlie havingis maid me nocht affeird 1560 Rolland Seven S. 14/21.
Ane greit fantasie, Quhilk hes me maid richt fleit and als affeird 1591-2 Rob Stene 17.
Neptune … michty monsteris maid affeird, … Quhen he on rokis did rage(b) c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 279.
Wele aucht thou be aferit of the licht 1513 Doug. v. iv. 13.
Menetes, for hys barge Of the hyd rolkis blynd sum deill afferyt 1533 Bell. Livy I. 58/30 (B).
With sic clamour as afferit [v.r. effrait] pepill hes c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3133.
The Kyng hym self wes rycht afferit, Tyll he the veritie had sperit