to make someone else afraid; to have fear, or to be disturbed and afraid (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
yolmauhtia. nite. (pret. oniteyolmauhti.) poner temor a otro.
yolmauhtia. nino. (pret. oninoyolmauhti.) temer, o turbarse de miedo. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 41r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.