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▪ I. aflight
obs. form of afflict n. and ppl. a.
▪ II. † aˈflight Obs. rare.
[f. a- prefix 1 away + flight. Not recorded in OE., but cf. afléon to flee away, aflíᵹan to put to flight, aflýᵹe flight.]
Flight, flying.
c1220Leg. St. Kath. 2020 An engel..wið feorliche afluhte fleoninde aduneward. c1435Torr. Portugal 2043 She flew in afflight, To her birdus was she boun.
▪ III. † aˈflight, v. Obs. rare—1.
[f. a- prefix 11 + flight.]
? To put to flight.
1583Stanyhurst æneid (Arb.) 57 Also such old enimies: policy that former aflighted And coucht in corners, with a vengeance freshly retyred. |