Middle English Dictionary Entry
afrǒunten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | afrǒunten v. Also afrounti, afronten. |
| Etymology | OF afronter |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. frounten.
1.
(a) To insult (sb.), affront; (b) to be offensive to (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)318 : If a pore man speke a word, he shal be foule afrounted.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.5 : With nede I mette, That afronted [vr. afrounted] me foule and faitour me called.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)54 : Thenne is þis freeke a-frountid for his feithful tale.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)229 : Vor huo þet him y[e]fþ to uoule wordes, hi ham ssolle naȝt ssamie and afrounti; þet is to zigge, hi lyezeþ þe ssame and ualleþ þe liȝtlaker in-to zenne.