afaldly

[AFALD, AEFAULD, .] Honestly, uprightly. ( Scotch.) to mak thame stand the mair afaldly at thair opinioun."- Bellend . , t. liv., p. 137. * a-fâlle, pa . par . [FALL.] Fallen. "At foot he come to one walle, And some therof wes a - falle ." Of the Vox and of the Wolf. Relig. Antiq . ii. 272 a-far', *a-far'ne, adv . & s. [ A = on, of, and far . Cf. abed , asleep. Cognate words are afaran , afearrian, afeorsian = to depart; afor departed; afeorrian, aferran = to remove; and various others. [FAR.] A. As adverb : I. Lit .: At a distance, remote in space. (a) Generally followed by off , and sometimes preceded by from . "But Peter followed him afar off ."- Matt , xxvi. 58. "The ballads of a people, That like voices from afar off . Call to us to pause and listen." Long fellow: Hiawatha . (Introd.) (b) Sometimes used absolutely, as in the following example. " Afar , the royal standard flies, And round it toils, and bleeds, and dies Our Caledonia's pride." II. Figuratively : Scott: Marmion, vi. 33. 1. Alienated in affection, estranged from; purposely keeping a ceremonious distance from one. "Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off." Ps. cxxxviii. 6. 2. At a distance, in the sense of declining to render aid. "Why stand est thou afar off. O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?"- Ps . x. L. 3. Outside the pale; not with privileges like those of a favoured religious or civil organisation. "And came and preached peace to you which were afar off [meaning to the Ephesian Gentiles, Gentiles and to them that were nigh [the Jews]."- Ephes . ii. 17. "For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off. " -Acts ii. 39. Afar is now little used, except in poetry. B. In a kind of substantival use: A distance, preceded by from. "I will fetch my knowledge from afar." - Job Xxxvi. 8. *a-färe, s. [AFFAIR.]