affright

«affright» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: frightened — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

frightened

part of speech

verb, past participle of affright (affrighted)

meaning for a pupil

Made very afraid, or the sudden fear itself. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used in everyday speech; today we say frighten or fright.

examples

• Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a God great and awful. (Torah DEU.7.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• Affrighted though she was, Wendy swelled with pride. (Peter Pan) tree →
• Then were the chiefs of Edom affrighted; the mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. (Torah EXO.15.15, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

affright

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 6 (Torah 0, tales 6, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.7 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were affrighted.
• And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
• Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure:
• Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.
• My soul also is sore affrighted; and Thou, O LORD, how long?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «affright» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.