afeard

[ uh-feerd ]

/ əˈfɪərd /

afraid.

Origin of afeard

before 1000; Middle English afered, Old English āfǣred frightened (past participle of āfǣran). See a-³, fear, -ed²

afars and the issas, afb, afbf, afc, afdc, afeard, afebrile, afetal, aff, aff., affable

Here's the best of everything; don't be afeard of high prices.

The Tithe-Proctor |William Carleton
But wouldn't they be afeard o' this great city, an' would they iver find us here?

Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays |Various
They need not be afeard; whither could poor miserable wretches escape away?

With Drake on the Spanish Main |Herbert Strang
"Why I've diskivered what I war most afeard on," answered the woodsman.

Ella Barnwell |Emerson Bennett

They couldn't come theirsells, and they were afeard to let me out my lone.

The Northern Iron |George A. Birmingham

afeard

/ (əˈfɪəd) /

(postpositive) an archaic or dialect word for afraid

Old English āfǣred, from afǣran to frighten, from fǣran to fear