The Collaborative International Dictionary
Affray \Af*fray"\, v. t. [p. p. Affrayed.] [OE. afraien, affraien, OF. effreer, esfreer, F. effrayer, orig. to disquiet, put out of peace, fr. L. ex + OHG. fridu peace (akin to E. free). Cf. Afraid, Fray, Frith inclosure.]
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To startle from quiet; to alarm.
Smale foules a great heap That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep.
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To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
That voice doth us affray.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: affray)
Usage examples of "affrayed".
And … a few days back, a clutch of seethe-heads affrayed a marine patrol on the Wildfoss, remember?
Then, abruptly, with no warning, and under circumstances that would have startled the most robust and affrayed the most valorous, we came upon our quarry.