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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
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  • 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
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “æfter.” 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/37673.

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