a. In 3 friȝti. [f. FRIGHT sb. + -Y1.] a. Causing fright, formidable. b. Suffering from fright; fearful. Hence † Frightihead, fearfulness; Frightily adv.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 983.
| And he sulde ben man miȝti, | |
| Of him kumen folc friȝti. | |
| Ibid., 1617. | |
| Iacob abraid, & seide friȝtilike:— | |
| ‘God in ðis stede is wittirlike.’ | |
| Ibid., 2221. | |
| And tolden him so of here sped, | |
| And al he it listnede in friȝtihed. | |
| Ibid., 2847. | |
| Sephora toc ðis gunge knaue, | |
| And dede circumcise haue, | |
| And gret, and wente friȝti a-gen. |
