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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Efter-, Eftirward(e, adv. Also: efftir-, eftyr-. [ME. afterward, OE. æfterweard.] Afterwards, at a later time, subsequently.1375 Barb. x. 753.
It fell eftirward suthly Richt as scho said c1420 Wynt. iv. 335.
Othirwayis he wndyrstude Than eftyrwarde the gamyn yhed 1456 Hay I. 84/10.
Sum men haldis that … it is vertu till eschape, … thinkand to better cum topurpos efterwarde a1500 Prestis of Peblis 348.
Eftirward sa did this king but chessoun 1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 244/2.
To lere and study the Kingis lawis of Scotland, and eftirward to exers and use the sammyn within the bondis of the Ilis c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1495.
Bot efterward … This knicht wes slane with cruelte a1578 Pitsc. I. 193/32.
Thay suld … cum to him, as thay did efterward, as ȝe sall heir 1596 Dalr. I. 87/31.
Considering efftirwarde thair awne strenth mair diligentlie 1619 Garden Elphinstoun 448.
His advyse they oft tymes us'd In Parl'ment efter-ward
