Anglo-Irish, etc. [mispronunciation of FRIGHTEN.] trans. To frighten. Also with of.
1847. Le Fanu, T. O’Brien, xxxv. 230. ‘I’ll tell you a story iv a whole parish that was freckened beyant all tellin’.’
1894. Hall Caine, Manxman, V. xxi. 347. ‘But maybe it was myself she was freckened of! Freckened of me! Poor thing! poor thing!’
