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▪ I. effray
obs. var. affray n.
1375Barbour Bruce v. 113 In sic effray thai baid that nycht. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour B iij, For no gentil wymmen ought to make none effrayes in them. 1553Douglas æneis (ed. 1) xi. xvii. 67 Acca schawis to him and all his feris The huge effray [ed. Small affray].
▪ II. † eˈffray, v. Obs.
[a. F. effraye-r: see affray.]
1. trans. To frighten; to affect with fear; to alarm, startle.
1375Barbour Bruce vii. 610 Thai effrayit war suddanly. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxiv. 201 Moche other folke were sore effrayed. 1500–20Dunbar This. & Rose 68 And that no schouris nor blastis cawld Effray suld flouris nor fowles on the fold. 1596Spenser F.Q. i. i. 16 Their dam upstart out of her den effraide.
2. To keep off by frightening; to scare.
1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 58 Fra yis profane noueltie..effrayis vs y⊇ Apostolique..doctrine.
3. To feel fear of; to fear.
1485Caxton Trevisa's Higden (1527) iii. xxx. 122, I lyue in grete drede and effray myne owne wardyens.
Hence effrayed ppl. a., frightened, shaking with fear. eˈffrayedly adv., in an alarmed manner, as men do who are alarmed. eˈffraying vbl. n., the state of being afraid; fright. All Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce v. 110 The men..full effraytly gat thair ger. Ibid. ix. 599 The Inglis..war stonayit for effrayng. 1533Bellenden Livy ii. (1822) 150 The senate effrayetlie convenit to this counsell, and wes mair effrayetlie consultit. 1553Douglas æneis ix. iii. (ed. 1) 170 Wyth pikkis brekand doun Zone forteres, and now..wyth me Assailzeant this effrayit strenth. |