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æfter

  • preposition
  • adverb
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Wright's OE grammar
§54; §295; §446; §559; §560; §567;
Add: A. prep.
with dat.
marking position
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  • Ðá eóde ðæt wíf æfter him,

      Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 13.
marking direction
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  • Beheald æfter ðé

    look behind thee,

      Bl. H. 245, 6.
marking order, sequence
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  • Ðæt hé æfter him tó eallum his gestreónum fénge,

      Ors. 5, 13; S. 244, 23.
  • Stephanus ðone martyrdóm æfter Gode ástealde,

      Hml. Th. i. 50, 1.
marking order in time
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  • Æfter ðissum gefeohte,

      Chr. 871; P. 72, 5.
marking extension, with an object which determines position or direction,
among, through, along
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  • Ðá giemmas licggeað tóworpne æfter strǽta endum (

    in platearum capite

    ) . . . æfter strǽtum,
      Past. 135, 3-4.
  • Wé móston búian æfter ðám folce,

      Ps. Th. 28, 8.
  • Faran gind lond swá swá lǽce æfter untrumra monna húsum,

      Past. 59, 23.
  • Hé æfter wudum fór and on mórfæstenum,

      Chr. 878; P. 74, 29.
  • Fóron hié æfter ðǽm wealda,

      894; P. 84, 27.
  • Ðá gesáwon wé men æfter ðǽre eá féran

    vidimus hostes per medium amnem praetervehi,

      Nar. 11, 18.
  • Hí hine drógan æfter dǽm stánum on ðǽre eorðan,

      Shrn. 74, 31.
  • Andlang ðǽre rinde oþ ðone helm, and siððan æfter ðám bogum,

      Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 3.
  • Æftær þiódwege in ðone díc; æfter díce,

      C. D. v. 187, 30.
with an object to which an action (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.) is directed
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  • Hé stód æfter ús gewend, and cliopode æfter ús,

      Past. 405, 35.
  • Rád séo fird æfter ðǽm herige,

      Chr. 896; P. 89, 19.
  • Hé him æfter rád,

      878; P. 76, 12.
  • Ðæt ðá gódan men niman æfter þeora gódnesse, and for(f)león yfelnesse,

      1086; P. 221, 24.
  • Ðá sende se cyng æfter Anláfe,

      994; P. 129, 15.
  • Heora wíf him sendon ǽrendracan æfter,

      Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 20.
  • Hé lét hine faran æfter ðám feó,

      Hml. Th. ii. 358, 23: Chr. 997; P. 131, 28: 1048; P. 171, 19.
  • Wé æfter ferscum wætre hié frúnon,

      Nar. 11, 22.
  • Winnan æfter ríce,

      Chr. 685; P. 39, 23: Ors. 6, 28; S. 278, 9.
  • His geréfan niéddon hí æfter gafole (

    pressed them for tribute

    ),
      6, 34; S. 290, 24: Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 3.
  • Ǽghwylc hine þreátode æfter ðám bócum,

      Shrn. 123, 29, 32.
with an object which serves as example or measure
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  • Æfter steor*-*wíglunge

    juxta constellationem,

      An. Ox. 7, 179.
  • Æfter ðǽre tíde (

    secundum tempus

    ) ðe hé geáxode,
      Mt. 2, 16.
  • Him eákiað æfter ðǽm mægenum ðá costunga,

      Past. 163, 8: Hml. S. 13, 130.
  • Æfter ðínum willan,

      Bt. 26, 1; F. 90, 23.
  • Lufian wé úrne Sceppend æfter úrum gemete,

      Bl. H. 5, 35.
  • Forgolden æfter his gewyrhtum,

      45, 2.
  • Ðes mónaþ is se ýtemesta æfter Lýdenwarum,

      Angl. viii. 306, 8.
  • Se Hǽlend cwæþ æfter bíspellum heora,

      Mt. R. 22, 1.
  • Niman geðyld æfter Iobe,

      Hml. Th. ii. 328, 28.
  • Æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige

    haughty after the manner of noble birth,

      174, 7.
  • Æfter ðon

    accordingly,

      Bl. H. 81, 27.
  • Hit biþ geornlic ðæt mon heardlíce gníde ðone hnescestan mealmstán æfter ðǽm ðæt (

    according as

    ) hé þence ðone soelestan hwetstán on tó gerǽceanne,
      Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 28.
with acc. (rare except in Northumbrian Glosses)
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  • Æfter hrædlice tíde,

      Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 28.
  • Æfter óðer healf hund daga,

      Gen. 8, 3.
  • Æfter ðás

    post haec,

      Lk. L. R. 10, 1.
  • Ende . . . swylcne hé æfter worhte,

      Jud. 65.
  • Hé ðá gesihð lúteð æfter,

      Sal. 402.
  • Æfter tíd

    secundum tempus,

      Mt. L. 2, 16.
with instrumental
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  • Æfter ðýs lífe,

      Bt. 11, 2; F. 36, 1. B. adv.
of time
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  • Monncwealm ðe him raðe ðæs æfter com,

      Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 25.
  • Ðisse ádle fruman mon mæg ýþelíce gelácnian . . ., and æfter unéð,

      Lch. ii. 232, 17.
  • Ðá æfter féng tó ðám ercebiscopdóme Iustus,

      Chr. 616; P. 24, 23.
of position
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  • His wíf beláf æfter in ðám castele,

      Chr. 1076; P. 211, 29.
of direction, cf. A. 6
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  • Ðá fór Eádweard æfter,

      Chr. 905; P. 94, 1: 999; P. 133, 9.
  • Hig aefter ridon,

      Jos. 2, 7. v. sprecan,
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  • æfter, prep.; adv.