What is "afeared"

Usage examples of "afeared".

The Beare running about the house, to make such of the family afeared as fortuned to wake and come out.

An Indin burial place had been disturbed, the earth was bleeding from the massacre of birds and gators, and the Mikasukis was afeared that bad spirits of their old enemies might be set loose.

American Eagle, on its perch, balancing itself for a start on the broad expanse of blue sky, afeared of nothin' of its kind, and president of all it surveys.

Then the old woman rendring out like sighes, began to speake in this sort : My daughter take a good heart unto you, and bee not afeared at feigned and strange visions and dreams, for as the visions of the day are accounted false and untrue, so the visions of the night doe often change contrary.

Darby that no one need ever be afeared of ghosts if he only had the courage to face thim.

And they will the sooner set upon you, by reason of your comelinesse and audacity, in that you are not afeared at any time to walke in the streets.

But she knew Quintal had killed her husband, and she was afeared she might take her revenge on him.

I used to be afeared to let the little ones go into the water, but bless ye, I soon got over that!

I am afeared too the poor lady will be brought to break her heart, for she is as tender-hearted as a chicken.

But even after the pain had gone away completely, she had been too afeared to take a single step on her foot, or examine it closely.

She was in fact so nervous, she had been unable to eat anything all day, afeared if she did, it would come right back up.

But all I could hit was the tree, and the sun was going down and I was afeared if I didn't get him before dark he'd manage to sneak off.

I could of shot him easy but I was afeared he'd hid the gold somewheres, and if I kilt him he couldn't tell me where.