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afearedadj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: afear v., -ed suffix1. Etymology: < afear v. + -ed suffix1. Compare later afraid adj., which largely superseded this word in standard English. Compare also later offeared adj., feared adj. Now chiefly regional and nonstandard. 1. In a state of fear or apprehension; afraid, scared; moved or influenced by fear. the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] α. OE (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 6 Soðlice he nyste hwæt he cwæð, he wæs afæred mid ege. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius (Vitell.) (1984) lxi. 104 Se ðe hy nytente [read nytende] gesihð, he sægð þæt he scinlac geseo, & swa afæred [L. metu plenus] he bið tæled fram hyrdum. OE St. Mildred (Calig.) in T. O. Cockayne (1866) III. 424 He þa him sylf geseonde wæs þæt wundor; þa wearð he afyrht & afæred. c1275 (?c1250) (Calig.) (1935) l. 410 (MED) Þeȝ þe niȝtingale Were aferd, ho spac bolde tale. c1380 (1879) 2445 Þanne wax maubyn sore afferd. c1440 (Thornton) (1949) l. 775 (MED) Þan was þe maydyn afferde. a1450 (Faust.) (1883) l. 2669 (MED) He repentede..& was sore aferde & eke affryȝt. a1500 (Harl. 149) f. 260v (MED) He was gretly afferde and made the peple holde her pees. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. i. 35 Fye, my Lord, fie, a Souldier, and affear'd ? View more context for this quotation 1683 2/1 Stand listning now concern'd, and much afear'd. 1791 E. Nairne 82 But when the shipmen's boist'rous noise Jan heard, He cried, ‘Dant gu no furder—I'm afeard’. 1868 W. Morris 23 I was sore afeard At all the cries and wailing that I heard. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ ix. 83 Oh, don't be afeard. I don't believe they'll bother us. 1946 L. Lenski x. 151 I ain't afeared one mite. 2000 J. Connolly iii. xxxi. 431 He spat again. ‘You afeared yet?’ the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] > afraid of OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxvii. 313 Ic secge eow..ne beo ge afærede for ðam ehterum ðe ðone lichaman ofsleað, and siððan nabbað hwæt hi mare doð. lOE (Laud) anno 1083 Þa wæron þa munecas swiðe aferede of heom. c1250 in (1935) 70 240 (MED) Sore he was afered of þisse childis deit. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) l. 7960 Of noþing he nas aferd. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 2303 (MED) Al þe men..Of þat sight mught be aferd. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine f. cclxxxx/1 He..was aferd and adrad of the sepulcre of our lord. 1563 xviii. f. 265v Why therfore shouldest thou be afearde of the daunger. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. ii. 18 You misse my sence: I meane Hortentio is afeard of you. 1654 H. Vaughan 190 Why should we be afeared of politick, irreligious Tyrants? 1748 S. Richardson IV. lvi. 356 I knew you was not at the plase directed; and being afear'd of what fell out, so I kept them for your Honner. 1798 W. C. Devereux Let. 1 Apr. in K. Miller et al. (2003) 43 We have a great Deale of Short haird People hear which Our Blessed Goverment Calls Cropps which the[y] are Very much Afeard of. 1825 J. Neal I. vi. 152 Hold up your head, Sammy—what are you afeer'd on? 1880 A. A. Hayes (1881) vii. 97 That's what she's afeered of..—them clouds a-droppin'. 1909 V. L. Whitechurch (1911) xxii. 272 You be afear'd on him—as much as I be. 1960 W. Robertson xiii. 131 Them there diddicoys is wholly afeard o' the ma'sh. 2000 J. Connolly iii. xxxi. 431 Your granddaddy was afeared of me... You look the spit of him. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 53 (MED) Heo is afered, leste þeo eorðe hire trukie. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 8513 Þas cnihtes weoren afæred þat he fleon wolde. a1300 (?c1250) (Jesus Oxf.) (1935) l. 399 (MED) Þe nyhtegale..wes aferd þat hire answare Ne wrþe nouht a riht ivare. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 2943 (MED) He es afered þat he sal be peryst. ?a1475 (1922) 367 (MED) I am aferd, there wyll be sum thyng amys. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More sig. Aiii Aferd that at euery snappishe worde theire nose shalbe bitten of. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus iv. xv. 114 Som came back & shewed themselues againe, afeard for that they were seene to be afeard. 1664 S. Pepys 14 July (1971) IV. 206 I am sometimes afeard that he do this only in policy. 1788 P. M. Freneau 426 I'm afear'd that his life is in danger! 1807 W. Irving et al. 31 Dec. 361 Being affeared that I might possibly appear to less advantage as a pedestrian,..I have lately hired a tall horse. 1896 J. C. Harris vi. 74 That's no reason why you should act as if you was afeared she'd eat you up. 1919 124 I'm afeard there'll be trouble with the hands by the look o' things. 1993 S. Stewart xiv. 142 I were often afeared that he missed Rose more than he loved me. a1250 (?a1200) (Nero) (1952) 147 He wule beon afered uorte don ðe eft swuche þucke. c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) (1937) 941 (MED) Þerfore icham aferd to fiȝt. c1400 in T. F. Simmons (1879) 122 (MED) Þat suche a..wrecchid synner be aferde to neiȝ hem suche a lord. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock (1921) 194 (MED) Þe childe schulde be afeerde to do so eftsoones. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil (1844) 88 When Duke Richard had hearde the ambassadours..he was afeard to darraigne battaile. 1612 W. Symonds Proc. Eng. Colonie Virginia xi. 89 in J. Smith So afeard were all those kings and the better sorte of their people, to displease vs. 1677 S. Speed 23 He chiefly 'tis that is afeard to die, Hath little hope of an Eternity. 1753 T. Smollett I. xxiv. 156 A true-born Englishman needs not be afeard to shew his face. 1836 T. C. Haliburton 1st Ser. i. xxiii I'm afeared to venture on matrimony at all. 1861 C. Dickens III. i. 15 I'm a old bird now, as has dared all manner of traps since first he was fledged, and I'm not afeerd to perch upon a scarecrow. 1907 J. M. Synge i. 32 I never killed my father. I'd be afeard to do that. 1999 A. Rinaldi xxi. 134 Some parents were afeared to let their children come to school. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iii. 155 I am a-feard, the life of Hellen (Ladie) Was fowly snatchd. View more context for this quotation 1647 (single sheet) I'm afeard preposterous Fate Hath nul'd their Votings all. 1787 tr. Comtesse de Genlis Linen Draper ii. v, in 116 She must go sadly out of her way, I'm afeard. 1845 C. Dickens ii. 74 I've got a bad name this way..and I'm not likely, I'm afeared, to get a better. 1896 G. H. Jessop 5 I'm afeared you're right. 1915 St. J. Ervine i. 22 I suppose that means you can't get the money to pay off the mortgage, John?.. I'm afeard so, Henry. 2003 H. Woodbury vii. viii. 272 Yes, Dawnie babie, I'm afeared that's exactly..what we mean. 1661 S. Pepys 24 Oct. (1970) II. 201 Went to see Sir Robt: who continues ill and this day hath not spoke at all, which makes them all afeared for him. 1849 Feb. 152 You've had a tough siege, I reckon; and I began to be afeared for you. 1868 ‘A Mother’ 87 I 'm quite afeared for her child, for that fever's a terrible thing when it lays hold of the little ones. 1911 R. D. Saunders iv. 54 I wouldn't be afeared for him in a difficulty with Stam Tucker! 1952 ‘H. Green’ 9 Diana could not read the bill of fare in this dark, her husband had to raise his lighter like a torch, which caused a commotion because the lady was afeared for her great eyelashes. 1998 G. K. Saunders 146 ‘But I'm afeared for ye, Rob...’ The boy gave her foot a friendly pat. ‘Don't ye be feared for none of us, Miss.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  adj.OE |
