afoul

& adv. [A.S. afula fault; afulad, ajulod putrefied; pa. par. of afulian = to putrefy, to become foul or corrupt; ful = foul, dirty, guilty, convicted.] Foul; fouled, as when the oars in a boat-race become entangled. * a-found, pa . par . [AFIND.] a-found-rit, pa . par ., as if from verb ajoundre or a founder . [FOUNDER.] "He was ner a found rit , and coud none othir help." Urry's Chaucer, p. 599.