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eft

  • adverb
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Grammar
eft, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§56;
Again, second time, then, afterwards; ĭtĕrum, dēnuo, rursus, re-, deinde, ĭtem
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  • Eft lufigende God

    ĭtĕrum ămans Deum,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 43
    • ;
    • Som. 44,
    • 58.
  • Asende Noe út eft culfran

    Noe rursus dīmīsit cŏlumbam,

    • Gen. 8, 10: Mt. Bos. 4, 7, 8: Ælfc. Gr. 38
    • ;
    • Som. 40, 51, 52: Chr. 790
    • ;
    • Erl. 56, 38: 828
    • ;
    • Erl. 64, 10: 1046
    • ;
    • Erl. 170, 17: 797
    • ;
    • Erl. 58, 16: Chr. 838
    • ;
    • Erl. 66,
    • 13.
  • Eft

    ĭtem,

    • Bd. 4,
    • 8;
    • S. 575, 38: 5,
    • 5;
    • S. 617,
    • 34.
  • Eft on Cent forbærnde

    afterwards burned in Kent,

    • Chr. 685
    • ;
    • Erl. 40,
    • 20.
Etymology
[
Piers P. eft again:
Wyc. eft, efte again:
Laym. æft, afte, eft, efte afterwards:
Orm. efft afterwards, again:
O. Sax. eft again:
O. Frs. eft, efta behind, afterwards, then:
Goth. afta behind, back
.]
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v. æft.
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v.  æft eft-sóna.
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