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æfterra

  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
æfterra, æft(e)ra; cpve.: æft(e)resta; spve.
Wright's OE grammar
§446; §447;
where relation of two objects is marked,
in time,
latter
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  • Se æfterra anweald—se ǽrra,

      Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 12.

  • Wæs heora æftra sýð wyrse ðonne se ǽrra,

      Chr. 1001; P. 133, 25.
in place,
hinder, lower
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  • Ðæt ǽrre folc and ðæt æfterre

    those before and those behind,

      Bl. H. 81, 25.

  • Se æftera stemn

    puppis,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 37.

  • Se æftra streám

    aquae inferiores,

      Jos. 3, 16.

  • On ðǽm æftran teáme bimus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 70. I a. giving order of a group in a series, latter :-- Sý alleluia gecweden mid ðám syx æftrum (posterioribus) sealmum, R. Ben. 39, 17. I b. where there are more than two objects the superlative

    æftresta

    = last :-- Ðreó frigedagas, se ǽresta . . . se nýhsta . . . se æftresta,
      Angl. xi. 3, 69.
where there is juxtaposition, immediate sequence,
next, following
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  • On ðǽm æfterran geáre ðæs

    anno post hunc subsequente,

      Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 15.

  • On ðám æftran geáre þe se arc̃ƀ wæs gemartyrod,

      Chr. 1013; P. 143, 9.

  • On ðǽm æfteran dæge,

      Bl. H. 71, 34.

  • Ðýs æftran geáre

    sequente anno,

      Nar. 30, 11.
as an ordinal,
second
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  • Ǽrest . . . se æftera . . . ue þridda,

      Chr. 827; P. 60, 27.

  • Sió æfterre tá . . . sió feórðe tá,

      Ll. Th. i. 90, 20.

  • Hér endað sió forme bóc and onginð sió æfterre,

      Ors. 1, 14; S. 58, 12: 1, 7; S. 36, 26.

  • Ðá æðelu ðǽre æfterran ácennesse (

    regenerationis

    ),
      Past. 85, 15.

  • Ðæs æfteran sealmes capitul,

      Ps. Th. 2, arg. On
    ðǽre æfteran míle fram Róme, Bl. H. 193, 19.
Linked entries
v.  æftera æfterest æftresta.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “æfterra.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/37697.

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  • æfterra, num.; adj.

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