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wiþ-æftan

  • preposition
  • adverb
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Grammar
wiþ-æftan, prep. adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§557; §559;
Behind.
Grammar
wiþ-æftan, prep.
Grammar
wiþ-æftan, with dat.
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  • Heó hym tó geneálǽhte wyðæftan hym,

      Homl. Ass. 182, 48.
  • Hí cómon tó Wiht, and námon ðǽr ðæt him ǽr wiðæftan wæs (what had been left behind them),

    • Chr. 1052
    • ;
    • Erl. 183, 25.
Grammar
wiþ-æftan, with acc. or doubtful
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  • Heó com wiðæftan ða menigu

    uenit in turba retro

    ,
      Mk. Skt. 5, 27.
  • Sette syrwa wiðæftan ða burh

    pone insidias urbi post eam

    ,
      Jos. 8, 2.
  • Heó stód wiðæftan his fét

    stans retro secus pedes eius

    ,
      Lk. Skt. 7, 38.
  • Ðú áwurpe míne word wiðæftan ðé,

      R. Ben. 12, 3.
Grammar
wiþ-æftan, adv.
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  • Án wíf geneálǽhte wiðæftan

    mulier accessit retro

    ,
      Mt. Kmbl. 9, 20.
  • Fíf scipubelifan wiðæftan,

    • Chr. 1047
    • ;
    • Erl. 175, 12.
  • Wiðeftan

    posse (= post se filios derelinquet,

      Prov. 20, 7
    ),

      Kent. Gl. 735.
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v.  æftan.
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  • wiþ-æftan, prep.; adv.