Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

á-forhtian

  • verb [ weak ]
Dictionary links
Add:
intrans.
To become afraid
Show examples
  • Ic andette ꝥ ic áforhtade,

      Hml. A. 204, 302.
  • Heó þá áforhtode,

      Hml. S. 30, 347.
  • (l a) with cause given :-- Hé áforhtode for hire béne, Gr. D. 17, 23.
  • Hé þearle áforhtode for þám þe hé geþrístlǽhte dón tó bysmore swá mycelum were,

      131, 32.
  • Þá áforhtade uncer mód forþan wit wéndan ꝥ . . . ,

      Hml. A. 206, 362, Wé
    syndon áforhtigende for þám ðe . . . , 186, 147.
trans.
To become afraid of something
Show examples
  • Helle áforhtian

    gehennam expavescere

    ,
      R. Ben. I. 21, 3.
  • Deáð áforhtigende

    mortem pavescens

    ,
      Hy. S. 139, 21.
to be afraid of doing something
Show examples
  • Ic áforhtige tó secgenne hwæt mé becom,

      Hml. A. 206, 357.
to become amazed at
Show examples
  • Áforhtiende

    obstupescens (tanta prodigia ),

      An. Ox. 2, 388.
Linked entries
v.  on-forhtian.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • á-forhtian, v.