α. Old English afyrhtad (Northumbrian), Old English afyryhted (rare), Old English–early Middle English afyrhted, late Old English afirhtet.
β. Old English afryhtad (Northumbrian), 1500s–1700s (1900s– Scottish) afrighted, 1500s– affrighted.
单词 | affrighted |
释义 | affrightedadj.α. Old English afyrhtad (Northumbrian), Old English afyryhted (rare), Old English–early Middle English afyrhted, late Old English afirhtet. β. Old English afryhtad (Northumbrian), 1500s–1700s (1900s– Scottish) afrighted, 1500s– affrighted. archaic and regional in later use. Struck with fear; frightened, alarmed.In Old English and early Middle English only in predicative use.Apparently unattested between the 12th and 16th centuries. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] affrightedOE ofdreadOE afearedOE offearedlOE radc1175 frightya1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 afraidc1380 frayeda1400 wrotha1400 afearc1410 ghastful1422 fleyedc1425 afleyeda1500 a flighta1535 effrayed1553 flight-given?1611 hareda1618 frighted1647 affrightened1649 frighteneda1721 scared1725 intimidated1727 frightsome1827 scary1827 funked1831 fearing1837 funked out1859 fearsome1863 chickenshit1940 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke viii. 23 Descendit procella uenti in stagnum et complebantur et periclitabantur : ofduna astag hræs..windes on luh & woeron gefylled..& woeron afryhtad. OE Andreas (1932) 1529 Duguð wearð afyrhted þurh þæs flodes fær. c1175 ( Nativity of Virgin (Bodl.) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 133 He þa wæs swiðe afyrhted [OE Hatton afyrht] & abræged for þas englæs isihðe. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Ii All sodeynly, the clappynge dore, doth fraye them into flore, Affrighted sore, a rounde they trip, Dismayed more, and more. 1569 C. Tye tr. G. Boccaccio Nastagio & Traversari sig. B.iiijv That afrighted ladie, whom the dogges, and knight pursue. 1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx ii. vii. sig. D3v The affrighted gentlemen being now come into the presence of the Scithian Lord, at whose handes they onely expected some rare tyrannie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 109 And that the affrighted Globe, Should yawne at alteration. View more context for this quotation 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World vi. xxxix. 643/2 Immediately therefore he was sore affrighted, and trembling, caused himself to be carried to his bed. 1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 13 Affrighted Atlas, on the distant Shore, Trembl'd. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. vi. 48 A thicket his affrighted steeds detain'd. 1817 J. Porter Pastor's Fire-side III. vi. 131 Every word that now fell from the agitated Empress was balm to the affrighted nerves of her daughter. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 32 Joshua looked up presently, and saw two pairs of affrighted eyes gazing at him. 1921 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 297/1 He flung the door, shouting her name again; but the echo of his affrighted voice was the only answer. 2009 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 13 June (A2 section) 29 There were those [pies] filled with living, affrighted birds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.OE |
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