beæftan

1. prep w.d. after, behind; (1) local; oft cymþ sé beæftan ús þe úsic forestæpþ oft comes he behind us, which precedes us; (a) in contrast with before; hé hæfde þriddan dǽl his fierde beæftan him he had a third of his army behind him; (b) in contrast with advance along with, i.e. without; hé forlét hundeahtatig þúsenda beæftan him he left 80,000 behind him; (2) marking inferiority; nis hira nán máre þonne óðer, ne nán lǽssa þonne óðer; ne nán beforan óðrum, ne nán beæftan óðrum there is not one of them greater than another, nor one less than another; not one before another, not one after another; (3) figurative; ic forlǽte mínne agene willan beæftan mé for nytnesse mínra fréonda I relinquish my own will behind me for the benefit of my friends; 2. adv (1) behind, afterwards, without; (a) in contrast with before (lit. or fig.); ic geseah þone beæftan þe mec geseah I saw him behind that saw me; ne ǽnig mann óðerne beæftan ne tǽle let not any man backbite other; ǽlc óðerne beæftan werie may each protect the other behind; git sind fíf hungor géar beæftan ye are hungry five years afterwards; hé ána beláf þǽr beæftan he alone was left there behind; ; (b) in contrast with advance along with, as in to leave behind; þá tungolwítegan férdon and þá bóceras beæftan belifon the astronomers went and left the scribes behind; (2) after, hereafter; þára naman hér standaþ áwritene beæftan names of those stand written hereafter;