Middle English Dictionary Entry

affrai n.
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Entry Info

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) Assault, attack; maken ~; (b) outcry, uproar, disturbance; of boiling: commotion; (c) law a brawl, riot, public disorder.
2.
(a) Fear, consternation, dismay; putten at ~, to put (sb.) to flight; putten in ~, to frighten or alarm (sb.); (b) something that inspires fear, a fearful thing (or quality or action), a terror.

Supplemental Materials (draft)

  • (1472) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8522 : Item, John Dawson maid afray of John Belyngham, ye mercyment iij s. iiij d.
  • (1477) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8527 : John Hodd made afray of one Barchand of Rekall.
  • Note: New spelling