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[ FEW: 15/ii,91a *exfridare /3,293a *exfridare; Gdf: 3,460c esfreer; GdfC: 9,527c esfreer; TL: 3,1051 esfrëer; DEAF: ∅; DMF: effrayer; TLF: effrayer; OED: effray v.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 753c effraiare ]

effraer, effreier; efferer, effrer, effroier, efroier; enfraier, enfreer; esfreer, esfreier, esfreir; afraer, afraier, afreier; affraer, affraier, affreer; asfraier

v.a.1to terrify, frighten ♦ to startle ♦ to take aback
v.refl.1to take fright (at) ♦ to be startled (by) ♦ to be dismayed
p.pr._as_a.1frightening
p.p._as_a.1frightened (of) ♦ afraid (to) 2terrifying

v.a.

1emotionto terrify, frighten:

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) crya E ses gardeyns tuz affraa 7675

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^m ) od larons encountrerent, e furent despoilez e batuz e affraiez 52

♦emotionto startle:

( 1273-82; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Mes la tregrant matire (=of J.C.’s love) effroie mon poere engin qi s’affebloie 3370

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^m ) Vostre chival [...] fust affrayé e mercha sur lui (=a cat) 146

♦emotionto take aback:

( 1273-82; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Sa beauté (=of J.C. on the Cross), voir, le liz effroie En mai quant matin se desploie 2515

v.absol.

♦emotionto be frightening:

( 1273-82; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Toivre dount Rome a sa joie, Le braz seinz Jorge qi effroie, Creté com la mer quant ondoie [...] 1224

v.refl.

1emotionto take fright (at):

( c.1235; MS: c.1235 ) De la voiz se effreent li Sarrazin glutun 1729

♦emotionto be startled (by):

( 1150-70; MS: s.xiii¹ ) De la fraidur (=of the splashed water) s’esfroie Ysodt 1164

♦emotionto be dismayed:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Donc dit la dame qe de rien ne s’effroie 7807

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Horn les (=Herland and his men) veit bien venir, si s’en est esfreé 157

p.pr._as_a.

1emotionfrightening:

( 1327 ) les effreauntes noveles […] 129

p.p._as_a.

1emotionfrightened (of):

( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 ) En sun cuer en est esfreee E el vis teinte e coluree 1824

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) les diables sont pourus e efferez (var. (BN: s.xivⁱⁿ) effrez) de chacun prudomme 251.32

♦emotionafraid (to):

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) il serra effreez (var. effrez; afreiez) de fere vus autre feiz mal 83.28

2emotionterrifying:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) cil qui pas ne croient Des peines d’infer q’eles soient Tant dures ne tant esfreiés 17569

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