Middle English Dictionary Entry
afflighten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | afflighten v. |
| Etymology | From ppl. afflight. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To excite (sb.); (b) become excited or distressed.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.1422 : Cam nevere yit..to mannes sihte Merveile, which so sore aflihte A mannes herte.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2185 : Wherof the Cite sore afflyhte, Of hem that sihen thilke syhte.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1438 : And tho for fere hire herte afflihte [rime: sighte].