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单词 afear
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afearadj.conj.

Brit. /əˈfɪə/, U.S. /əˈfɪ(ə)r/
Forms: Middle English afer, Middle English afere, 1600s affear, 1800s– afear; Scottish pre-1700 afeir, pre-1700 affeir.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix3, fear n.
Etymology: < a- prefix3 + fear n. With the use as adjective compare earlier afeared adj., and also earlier afraid adj., affright adj.With the spellings in aff- compare discussion at af- prefix.
Now rare (in later use nonstandard and regional).
A. adj.
= afeared adj.to put afear: to cause to be in fear (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective]
affrightedOE
ofdreadOE
afearedOE
offearedlOE
radc1175
frightya1325
fearedc1330
fearfulc1374
afraidc1380
frayeda1400
wrotha1400
afearc1410
ghastful1422
fleyedc1425
afleyeda1500
a flighta1535
effrayed1553
flight-given?1611
hareda1618
frighted1647
affrightened1649
frighteneda1721
scared1725
intimidated1727
frightsome1827
scary1827
funked1831
fearing1837
funked out1859
fearsome1863
chickenshit1940
c1410 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) l. 3369 Euer he is afere To doon amys.
a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) 256 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 89 (MED) Y am defied and put a-fer.
a1560 W. Kennedy Passioun of Christ in J. A. W. Bennett Devotional Pieces (1955) 11 Ȝou a sone sall beir, Callit Ihesu; thairfor be nocht affeir.
1675 Woman turn'd Bully iv. ii. 59 You need no be affear, sweet Madam Belamy.
1820 Domest. Scenes I. x. 187 I am afear Madame will find she not pay de bills right.
1866 J. W. Fabens Prince of Kashna 366 Now he 'gin to be afear wi'out reason.
1921 ‘C. Perry’ Roving River xxii. 297 I'm afear dose l'Avanons of Green Bay or Quebec, dey wish to tak' her from me.
B. conj.
Because of the possibility of (something negative or frightening); for fear that. Also with that. N.E.D. (1884) notes: ‘Still used in Scotl.’
ΚΠ
1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 232 in Wks. (1931) I Afeir that he be nocht offendit.
1895 M. Downe Essex Ballads 19 We didn't stop..Afear the Owd un sh'd come out.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

afearv.

Brit. /əˈfɪə/, U.S. /əˈfɪ(ə)r/
Forms:

α. Old English afæran, Old English aferde (past tense, rare), early Middle English afære, early Middle English auere (south-west midlands), Middle English afeere, Middle English afer, Middle English 1800s– afear, Middle English–1500s afere, Middle English–1500s affeare, Middle English–1500s affere; Scottish pre-1700 afere, pre-1700 affeir, pre-1700 affere.

β. Scottish pre-1700 effeir.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix1, fear v.
Etymology: < a- prefix1 + fear v. Compare afeared adj., and later offear v.With the spellings in aff- compare discussion at af- prefix.
Now chiefly regional.
1. transitive. To frighten, terrify; to make afraid.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > terrify [verb (transitive)]
afearOE
affrightOE
breec1000
offrightlOE
agastc1225
offearc1225
dreadc1250
agrisec1275
begallowc1320
ashunchc1325
adreadc1330
affrayc1330
fleya1400
grise1513
terrify1536
fray-bug1551
thunderbolta1586
fear-blast1593
gaster1593
hazen1593
terrorc1595
affrighten1615
ter-terrifya1618
flaite1642
pavefy1656
repall1687
hobgoblin1707
scarify1794
to scare the daylights out of1951
α.
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) vii. 234 Hi..þone arleasan cyning Herodem mid heora bodunge þearle afærdon.
OE Paris Psalter (1932) lxxxix. 10 Wæran anlicast ure winter geongewifran, þonne hio geornast bið, þæt heo afære fleogan on nette.
a1275 St. Margaret (Trin. Cambr.) l. 164 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 56 He þe sende þis crois, þine fon to aferene.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 12753 Feorlic wes þat sweouen, þene king hit auerde [c1300 Otho a-ferde].
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 511 A gret ok he wolde..bere vorþ in is hond, þat volc vor to afere [ B afear].
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 722 (MED) Þou ne afferest me noȝt so.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. l. 430 (MED) It [sc. the cross] afereth þe fende.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 770 (MED) That no thyng hem afere, or ought offende.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) v. xix. sig. nvv/2 Clerkes may bere wepen..to afere theues.
a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) iv. xxxii. f. 79 (MED) Þerein is no maner poynt of vertue, saffe..grennyng of teth to afferen fooles.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. Pv As ghastly bug does vnto [Faults Escaped: greatly] them affeare.
1851 T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore Northants. 1 That dwant afear ma.
1861 E. Atherstone Israel in Egypt v. 76 Nought afears us.
1975 H. Richardson Skarra ii. i. 182 Something has afeared him.
2010 R. Senley Moustache Man & Deadly Whiskers 220 A stifling pounding within my brain that half afears me to death.
β. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xii. 102 Na wound nor wapyn mycht hym anis effeir.
2. transitive. Scottish. To be afraid of; to fear. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > be afraid of [verb (transitive)]
doubt?c1225
ydout1297
doubta1400
fearc1460
effray1485
to fear of (rarely at)1509
afear1554
funk1837
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 2576 in Wks. (1931) I Effeir ȝe nocht Diuine punytione?
1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 498 in Wks. (1931) I So, for to schaw that he aferit no fone, Out throuch his realme he wald ryde hym alone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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