† efferen.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
Fear.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > apprehension > emotion caused by sense of danger
fearc1175
effere1553
demons1874
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados ii. iv. 21 We fled away, al bludles for effere [v.r. afeir].
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados iii. i. 57 And for effere [1874 affeir] my blude, to giddir fresit.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 737 in Shorter Poems (1967) 52 For gret effere [1579 Edinb. effeir] me thocht na pane to be.
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† effereadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Excessively wild or fierce.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective] > very or extremely
outrageousc1390
outraious1523
effere1587
1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 144/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Let vs returne to the historie of this effere..nation.
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