befright means to fill with fright; make afraid; scare; frighten.
Etymology
From be- + fright. Compare German befürchten (“to be afraid of; fear”).
verb
- To fill with fright; make afraid; scare; frightene.g.“[…] I would so near this knot to certainty,
That its appearance shall befright the bride,
Until, despairing, she shall say the wish
To be a nymph again; then should she know me?”