Obs.; also 5 aflyght, aflight. [a. MFr. afflict occas. refashioning of Fr. aflit:—L. afflīct-um pa. pple. of afflīg-ĕre to dash against, to throw down, to distress; f. af- = ad- to + flīg-ĕre to dash. The earlier aflight shows the same phonetic change as delight = MFr. délit and délict.]

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  Overwhelmed with any trouble, afflicted, distressed.

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1393.  Gower, Conf., II. 309. Her herte was so sore aflight, That she ne wiste what to thinke.

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c. 1430.  Octouian Imp., 191. Tho was the boy aflyght, And dorst not speke.

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1432–50.  trans. Higden, Rolls Ser. I. 193. The women of whiche cite were afflicte in ij. maneres.

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1564.  Becon, Christm. Banq., Wks. 76. They [these histories] be very comfortable for poor afflict sinners.

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1583.  (Sternh. &) Hopk., Ps. lxxxviii. 16. I am afflict as dying still, From youth this many a yeare.

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