"afeared" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-afeared.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)d Etymology: Inherited from Middle English aferd. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:inh|enm:aferd|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "afeared", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="afeared"> Inherited from Middle English aferd. Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} afeared
  1. (dialectal) Afraid. Tags: dialectal Derived forms: unafeared
    Sense id: en-afeared-en-adj-UC5jfq5u Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 94 6

Verb

IPA: /əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-afeared.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)d Etymology: Inherited from Middle English aferd. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:inh|enm:aferd|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "afeared", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="afeared"> Inherited from Middle English aferd. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} afeared
  1. simple past and past participle of afear Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: afear
    Sense id: en-afeared-en-verb-egEKeK9n

Alternative forms

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