afeard

/əˈfɪrd/
adjective
  1. Afraid; frightened. (Archaic or dialectal, but still used in some regional speech and literature.)
    • Don't be afeard; the dog is friendly.
    • The old man said he wasn't afeard of the storm.
    • In the story, the villagers were afeard of the dark forest.
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