A-fǽran

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

a-fǽran

p. de; pp. ed [a, fǽran to terrify] To make greatly afraid, to affright, terrify, dismay, astound; exterrere, perterrere, consternare, stupefacere :-- Ðæt heó afǽre fleógan on nette that she may terrify flies into her net. Ps. Th. 89, lo. Folc wæs afǽred the folk was affrighted, Cd. 166; Th. 206, 3; Exod. 446: Exon. 63b; Th. 23, 15; Ph. 525: Mk. Bos. 9, 6, 15: Lk. Bos. 24, 4. Hig wurdon ealle afǽrede erant omnes exterriti. Gen. 42, 35: Ex. 20, 18. a-færan