恐怖せず

I think it means “fearless”, but I don’t know the particle _sezu_. Is this
old-fashioned?
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nuances verbs negation
Negative adjective 恐怖せず
To my native ears it sounds a bit poetic. Not verbal.

Not necessarily old-fashioned.
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