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.]
Overwhelmed with any trouble, afflicted, distressed.
1393. Gower, Conf., II. 309. Her herte was so sore aflight, That she ne wiste what to thinke.
c. 1430. Octouian Imp., 191. Tho was the boy aflyght, And dorst not speke.
143250. trans. Higden, Rolls Ser. I. 193. The women of whiche cite were afflicte in ij. maneres.
1564. Becon, Christm. Banq., Wks. 76. They [these histories] be very comfortable for poor afflict sinners.
1583. (Sternh. &) Hopk., Ps. lxxxviii. 16. I am afflict as dying still, From youth this many a yeare.