Be-æftan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - be-æftan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- be-æftan
- Add: I. prep. (1) local, (a) in contrast with before:--Hé hæfde þriddan dǽl his firde beæftan him, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 33. (b) in contrast with advance along with:--Hé forlét hundeahtatig þúsenda beæftan him, Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 17: 5, 12; S. 240, 3. (2) figurative:--Ic forlǽte mínne ágene wyllan beæftan mé for nytnesse mínra freónda voluntatem meam postpono utilitati proximorum, Gr. D. 259, 16. II. adv. (1) behind, (a) in contrast with before, (α) local:--Tó þǽm folce þe þǽr beæftan wæs, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 35. Mé wæs se súðerne wind beæften, Hml. A. 193, 24. (β) figurative:--Lǽten hí ðæt líf ðæs mægðhádes beforan ðǽm óðrum and hine selfne biæftan, Past. 409, 26. (b) in contrast with advance along with:--Micel þæs heres þe mid hiere beæftan wæs reliquae relictae cum regina, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 23. Hé beæftan gebád, 3, 10; S. 140, 20. Þæt hié sume hié beæftan wereden, and sume þurh ealle þá truman út áfuhten, 5, 7; S. 230, 21. Læg se leáp beæftan, gǽst ellor hwearf, Jud. 112. Heora proletarii ne móston him beæftan beón, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 16: Chr. 755; P. 48, 12. Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan þǽr beæftan, 905; P. 94, 5. (2) after:--Þára twelf noman hér stondað áwritene beæftan, C. D. ii. 150, 35.