Affright
Affright ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Orig. p. p.; Old English afright, Anglo-Saxon āfyrhtan to terrify; ā- (compare Gothic us-, German er-, orig. meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright.]
To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
Dreams affright our souls.
A drear and dying sound
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.
Affright , past participle (adjectival)
Affrighted. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Affright , noun
1.
Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.
He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair.
2.
The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. — B. Jonson