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adjective British and Midland and Southern U.S.
adjective
- (postpositive) an archaic or dialect word for afraid
Old English afæred, past participle of now-obsolete afear (Old English afæran) “to terrify,” from a- (1) + root of fear. Used frequently by Shakespeare, but supplanted in literary English after 1700 by afraid (q.v.). It still survives in popular and colloquial speech.
So very afeared for his life – Imgur
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