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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1420
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Thar(e)-eft, Thare-efft, adv. [Thar(e adv. and Eft adv. and prep.] Appar. only in Wynt. = Thare-efter adv. — c1420 Wynt. iii 530.
His dowchtyr Inogen He gave hym als to be hys wywe. He buskyt hym thare eft [C. thar eft] belyve, And to the se has tane his way c1420 Wynt. iii 598.
Quhen Albanactus … Was slayne … Scotland was dyssawarra left, And wast nere lyand lang thare eft [C. lange eftyr that eft] c1420 Wynt. iv 2296.
Dytoure that tyme thai hym made And consule als thare-efft c1420 Wynt. v 3054.
Constantyne … Tyll Rome come, … deputys behynd hym he lefft To keipe Brettayne tyll hym thare-efft c1420 Wynt. vii 2966.
Thare the Qwene wyth leve he lefft; And scho bade styll foure dayis thare-efft
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