An alternate spelling of 'afeard'; frightened or afraid (archaic).
Variant spelling of 'afeard,' with the -ed suffix, from the same root 'afear' meaning to frighten.
Medieval scribes couldn't agree on how to spell this word—'afeared,' 'afeard,' 'afeared'—showing how language was still settling into forms before modern standardization.
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