† afrayv.

Forms: Middle English affraied (past participle), Middle English afray.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French afriier.

Etymology: < Old French afriier, Middle French afroier to rub (end of the 13th cent., reflexive) < a- a- prefix⁵ + friier , froier to rub (see fray v.²). Compare later fray v.² N.E.D. (1884) enters this under affrayed and defines as ‘frayed, rubbed, worn bare’.

Obsolete.

transitive. To wear away.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to waste away > wear away or down

afrayc1330

wear1382

contrive?a1475

to wear to rags or tattersa1529

wear1538

(to wear) to the stumps1563

work1853

c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 454 (MED) Þritti winter afrayd it [sc. a hauberk] nas: Ful clere it was of mayle.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 2071 (MED) On a sheld, brosed & affraied, Þei bare him hom.

c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) l. 4962 (MED) For eld þi face is all afrayd.

a1500 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Adv.) in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 121 (MED) Feyth with frawde is corrupt and afrayed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	afray
释义	† afrayv. Forms: Middle English affraied (past participle), Middle English afray. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French afriier. Etymology: < Old French afriier, Middle French afroier to rub (end of the 13th cent., reflexive) < a- a- prefix⁵ + friier , froier to rub (see fray v.²). Compare later fray v.² N.E.D. (1884) enters this under affrayed and defines as ‘frayed, rubbed, worn bare’. Obsolete. transitive. To wear away. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to waste away > wear away or down afrayc1330 wear1382 contrive?a1475 to wear to rags or tattersa1529 wear1538 (to wear) to the stumps1563 work1853 c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 454 (MED) Þritti winter afrayd it [sc. a hauberk] nas: Ful clere it was of mayle. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 2071 (MED) On a sheld, brosed & affraied, Þei bare him hom. c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) l. 4962 (MED) For eld þi face is all afrayd. a1500 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Adv.) in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 121 (MED) Feyth with frawde is corrupt and afrayed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.c1330
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