Affray
Affray ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old English afraien, affraien, Old French effreer, esfreer, French effrayer, orig. to disquiet, put out of peace, from Latin ex + Old High German fridu peace (akin to English free). Compare Afraid, Fray, Frith inclosure.]
1.
To startle from quiet; to alarm. [Archaic]
Smale foules a great heap
That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep.
2.
To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
That voice doth us affray.
Affray ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English afrai, affrai, Old French esfrei, French effroi, from Old French esfreer. See Affray, transitive verb]
1.
The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. [Obsolete]
2.
Alarm; terror; fright. [Obsolete] — Spenser
3.
A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
In the very midst of the affray.
4.
(Law) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. — Blackstone
A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray.