Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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‡AFLEY'D, AFFLEY'D, ppl.adj. Dismayed; afraid. N.E.D. quotes thus: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. [But afley'd, which is here quoted from the 1845 ed., and is also found in the 1785, 1788 and 1821 editions, is not in the 1773 ed., or in the Weekly Magazine 1772, both of which have afraid.]Sc.(E) 1879 P. H. Waddell Isaiah Till wha reads 1:
Ossian, be nane affley'd!Sc. 1888 J. A. H. Murray in N.E.D.:
Afley'd: Still used in Scotch.
