Middle English Dictionary Entry
afflight ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | afflight ppl. Also aflyght. |
| Etymology | Adapted from L afflictum (ppl. of affligere); cp. also OF aflit (ppl. of aflire). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Disturbed, upset, frightened; excited.
Associated quotations
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)153/696 : Lord, þo we herde þe, We were of flyȝte.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1518 : For joie his herte was affliht [rime: myht].
- c1455 Chaucer CT.NP.(Tak 32)B.4085 : Aflyght [crit.ed.: Myn herte is soore afright].
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)880 : He herde trumpes and taboures..somdel they were aflyȝt [rime: aplyȝt].
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)8/191 : Þo was þe boy aflyȝt [rime: knyȝt] And dorst not speke.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)36 : When balam that herd, he was sore aflyȝt And lepe oute at wyndowe.