Afeard (adj) (archaic)
a-fee-erd
(also afeared) Frightened, afraid.
Archaic, from Latin Afaeran (frighten). Popular during Shakespeare’s time, now fallen out of usage for ‘afraid’.
Example sentences
“He was so afeard he shook but he walked on anyway.
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