afeard
/əˈfɪrd/
adjective
- 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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