† forfearv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To terrify. Only in past participle, which often coincides in sense with the phrase for ferd: see ferd n.2 Const. with of or subordinate clause.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > be terrified of [verb (transitive)]
forfearc1175
agrisec1225
adoubtc1300
hidousc1380
dreadc1400
redoubt?c1400
bedoubt1470
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 674 Ȝiff he seþ þatt mann iss ohht. Forrfæredd off hiss sihhþe.
c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 3078 He slogh him sone that ilk day, Forfered that he sold oght say.
c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 519 Myn herte..For-fered of his deeth..Graunted him loue.
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 1679 He sperd his yate, and in he ran, For fered of that wode man.
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