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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Eft, adv. and prep. Also: efft, efte. [ME. eft, efte, OE. eft.]
1. Afterwards; again.1375 Barb. vi. 378.
Thai thar vre with him vald ta, Gif he war eft assalȝheit swa a1400 Leg. S. xxxvii. 337.
Thane we ma punyse hyme efte Ib. xxxviii. 346.
Thane wes he … rente & dungine efte c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2668.
The kinryk of Crete he left To Leorta, his brothir, eft c1420 Wynt. iv. 1638.
Quhen that that tempest left, For tyll have met thai trystyd eft Ib. v. 1898.
As wemen … Offtsys … awowys mare, Than efft to qwyt off wyll thai are ?1438 Alex. ii. 2144.
This bachilere That here is in ȝour presone left, Quhill I agane cum to ȝow eft c1475 Wall. iii. 272.
Trewis it wordis tak, Quhill eft for him prowisioune we may mak 1513 Doug. i. viii. 40.
To spy thai baid Quhou it stude with thar ferys, or chansyt eft Ib. iv. ix. 72; etc.
Remembryng weill the thyng that followyt eft
2. Eft that, after the time that.c1420 Wynt. iv. 2003.
That twenty yhere and twa wes efft That it wes brynt in colys left Ib. v. 5285.
Quhare wes he, efft that for hys wyce He wes put owt off Paradice?
