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▪ I. aflight obs. form of afflict n. and ppl. a. ▪ II. † aˈflight Obs. rare. [f. a- prefix 1 away + flight. Not recorded in OE., but cf. afléon to flee away, aflíᵹan to put to flight, aflýᵹe flight.] Flight, flying.
c1220Leg. St. Kath. 2020 An engel..wið feorliche afluhte fleoninde aduneward. c1435Torr. Portugal 2043 She flew in afflight, To her birdus was she boun. ▪ III. † aˈflight, v. Obs. rare—1. [f. a- prefix 11 + flight.] ? To put to flight.
1583Stanyhurst æneid (Arb.) 57 Also such old enimies: policy that former aflighted And coucht in corners, with a vengeance freshly retyred. |