Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Afeard

Afeard (ȧ*fērd") , past participle (adjectival)

[Old English afered, Anglo-Saxon āfared, past participle of āfaran to frighten; ā- (compare Gothic us-, German er-, orig. meaning out) + faran to frighten. See Fear.]

Afraid. [Obsolete]
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises. — Shakespeare