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† aˈfley, v. Obs. or dial.
Forms: 1 aflýᵹ-an, aflíᵹ-an; 2–3 aflei-en, avlei-en. pa. pple. 5 aflayed, 8– Sc. afley'd.
[f. a- prefix 1 away, off + flí-ᵹan to put to flight: see fley.]
1. To put to flight, chase away.
c1000ælfric Hom. (Sweet 80) ᵹé áflíᵹdon deóflu. c1000― Gram. xxviii. 166 Ic afliᵹe mine fýnd. c1230Ancren Riwle 136 Þes ston..avleieð attri þinges.
2. To discomfit: in pa. pple. dismayed, frightened. (Still used in Scotch.)
c1450Merlin 296 Tha[n] was the kynge loot sore aflayed. a1774R. Fergusson King's Birthd. (1845) 2 The herds would gather in their nowt..Hafflins afley'd to bide thereout To hear thy thunder. |