v. Obs. or dial. Forms: 1 aflýʓ-an, aflíʓ-an; 2–3 aflei-en, avlei-en. Pa. pple. 5 aflayed, 8– Sc. afley’d. [f. A- pref. 1 away, off + flí-ʓan to put to flight: see FLEY.]
1. To put to flight, chase away.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Hom. (Sweet 80). ʓé áfliʓdon deóflu. Ibid., Gram., xxviii. 166. Ic afliʓe mine fýnd.
c. 1230. Ancren Riwle, 136. Þes ston … avleieð attri þinges.
2. To discomfit: in pa. pple. dismayed, frightened. (Still used in Scotch.)
c. 1450. Merlin, 296. Tha[n] was the kynge loot sore aflayed.
a. 1774. R. Fergusson, King’s Birthd. (1845), 2. The herds would gather in their nowt … Hafflins afley’d to bide thereout To hear thy thunder.
