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be-æftan
/beæftan /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Preposition
be-æftan
; prep. I. after, behind; post, pone :-- Be-æftan contracted to bæftan, q. v. II. without; sine :-- Beæftan ðære menego sine turbo, Lk. Bos. 22, 6.
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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.
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