- fyrhtu
- \fyrhtu1 f (-e/-a) fright, fear, dread, trembling; horrible sight [forht]
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fyrhtu
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Fright — (fr[imac]t), n. [OE. frigt, freyht, AS. fyrhto, fyrhtu; akin to OS. forhta, OHG. forhta, forahta, G. furcht, Dan. frygt, Sw. fruktan, Goth. fa[ u]rhtei fear, fa[ u]rhts timid.] [1913 Webster] 1. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fright — (n.) O.E. (Northumbrian) fryhto, metathesis of fyrhtu fear, dread, trembling, horrible sight, from P.Gmc. *furkhtaz afraid (Cf. O.S. forhta, O.Fris. fruchte, O.H.G. forhta, Ger. Furcht, Goth. faurhtei fear ). Not etymologically related to the… … Etymology dictionary
perg-2 — perg 2 English meaning: fear, to fear Deutsche Übersetzung: “Furcht, sich fũrchten”? Material: Goth. faurhrtei, O.E. fyrhtu f. “fear”; Goth. faurhts, O.H.G. O.S. for(a)ht, O.E. forht “timorous”; O.H.G. O.S. forhta “fear”; Goth.… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
