Middle English Dictionary Entry
hẹ̄r-after adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | hẹ̄r-after adv. Also -efter, -æfter, hereofter, hirefter, eraftur. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. WS hēr-æfter & Merc. efter. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. her adv.
1.
(a) After this present time, in the future, later on; (b) after death, in the hereafter; (c) from now on, henceforth; (d) after some time or event in the past, after that; (e) after this point in a book, poem, etc.; below; (f) immediately following this point in a list, description, etc.; next.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3338 : Sone her æfter [Otho: her after] he beð dead.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)354 : Nu wot Adam sum-del o wo; Her-after sal he leren mo.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)323 : Y hope þat hal þi kin hastely here-after..swich grace may þe falle, þat alle þi frendes fordedes faire schalstow quite.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.2326 : Ful many a man hath lost his while In love als wel as otherwise, Hierafter as I schal devise.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1674 : I hope to god heer after shul ye knowe That ther nys noon so greet felicitee.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6568 : Þat wil yow her-after sare sow.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2256 : How may ȝe suffre þe grete harmys kene Whiche ȝe ar likly her-after to sustene?
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.604 : Thow shalt thiself thi pees hereafter make.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.990 : Herafter, whan ye wonnen han the town..Than wol I werke that I nevere wroughte.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2129 : Now be we duchesses..And bothe hereafter likly to ben quenes.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1642 : Discoueres now sekerly skrogges and oþer, That no skathell in þe skroggez skorne vs hereaftyre.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1111 : For outhire..sall openly here-efter..þi ded tell.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)80/254 : Ȝe xal here aftere haue A salutacion þat xal þis excede.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)63a : Hereaftyr: jnposterum..in futuro.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)97/290 : Now one thinge I will tell you all hereafter what shall befall.
b
- a1400 Wycl.MPl.(Add 24202)45 : The devil..makith hem his servauntis to bryngen hemsilf and many othere to helle, and to han fer more vylenye herafter by ther proude aray heere than thei han worschipe heere.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.141 : It semeth nouȝt þat ȝe shulle Haue heuene in ȝowre herebeyng and heuene her-after.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)363 : We hopen have þe lif þat come schal heraftur.
- a1500 Tundale (Adv 19.3.1)1129 : Gretter peynis yett schalt thou see Her after that abydus the.
c
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)139/74 : In clannesse icholle..mi lif herafter lede.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)533 : I wol hereafter witerly..wirche holly mi hertes wille.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)8.104 : Of preyere and of penaunce my plouh schal ben heraftur.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.706 : For neuere heer after wol I with hym mete.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)291 : Bot if I may herafter, I schal wayte to be war her wrenchez to kepe.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.9.11 : Ne shal herafter [L deinceps] be a flood scaterynge al erthe.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gal.6.17 : And heraftir [L De cætero] no man be heuy to me.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1455 : I wole þat ȝe ben at hys wylle..þat j hereafftyr here no stryff.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1230 : The devill hym spech, þat reche yf he be to-tore, And he vse it her-afftir as he hath doon to-fore!
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)33/155 : He xal here after nevyr ete brede.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)200/1548 : Pes shall be euer here after.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)63a : Hereaftyr:..Amodo, decetero, deinceps.
d
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1100 : And se arcebiscop Thomas of Eoferwic her æfter sona forð ferde.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1104 : Heræfter wurdon sehte se eorl Rotbert of Normandig & Rotbert de Bælesme.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1135 : Þa þestrede þe dæi ouer al landes..Wurþen men suiðe of-uundred..& sæden ðat micel þing sculde cumen her efter, sua dide.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)43 : Herefter iseh paul hwer iii deoflen ledden an meiden swiðe unbisorȝeliche.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)12.186 : 'Hue [read: He] shal fynde me hus frende,' quaþ fortune her-after [B: þer-after].
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.673 : Hereafter soone..Gan every wight..out of the chaumbre gon.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.1.7 : So that a litel herafter I seide thus.
e
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)243 : It is her-after in ðe song Hu Adam fel in pine strong.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)138 : Her after in þis boce, me ssal ihere al þis.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9903 : Gefray..bileuede..is doȝter elianore, as ȝe ssolle her after ihure.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)157/796 : And þat was ine þe holy rode Þorȝ þe schewynge [read: schedynge] of þe blode Of godes sone, Ase ich her-after telle may.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)689 : Seþþe beoþ þre Bayles wiþ-alle..As heo beoþ here-after I-write.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.77 : That men mowe take remembrance Of that thei schall hierafter rede.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)325b/b : Oon is y-seide in many manere of wise, as it schal be y-knowe heer after.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12656 : Wit cristen lagh þe trouth suld spred, Quar-of hir-ef-ter [Frf: here-ofter] yee sal here rede.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1319 : And þer he wroȝt as þe wyse, as ȝe may wyt hereafter.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.4381 : Ȝif it nat smeke, it is þe more drede, As in þe story her after schal be knowe.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)994 : Herafter shal I tellen right The soothe..Er of this book an ende I make.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)82 : Also here after schal be schewed more and more into his harde deth.
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)4 : Which allegories and moralizacions ben grovnded..vpon the Bible..and othyr holy doctorus, as here textis more opynly schalle appere hereafftyr.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)327 : Which resoun doom of resoun is lijk to it which is write here after toward þe eend of þe xixe chapiter.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)281 : I hadde ben ded..For drede of Loves wordes and his chere, As, when tyme ys, herafter ye shal here.
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)364 : Criste and his apostles han uttirly forfendid hem, boþe in her lyuynge and techynge, as it suiþ playnly her-aftir.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)127 : Ethir-is þouȝt & tent was othir to begile, As yee shull here her-aftir.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)197/1428f : He was slayne..As ye mown her-after here.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)1234 : Of this mater, leue ȝe me, her-after I shal say more cler.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)186 : Whereof the tale shall declare yow here-after.
f
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)48/13 : Her æfter fyliȝæð þeo mongung be þare ælmessæn lofe.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)29/30 : Hier after cumþ an oðer hali mihte ðe is icleped firma spes.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)65/10 : Hier after cumþ an oðer godes ȝiue þe is icleped sciencia.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)99/22 : Hier after ðe behoueð þat tu habbe on of ðe holie mihtes.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)49/15 : Lo, hwuch on asaumple her efter.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)105/18 : & tis her efter is ðe eihteoðe kunfort, þet also alse ðe goldsmið clenseð ðet gold, [etc.].
- c1390 Mirror St.Edm.(1) (Vrn)871 : And þis oþere her-aftur seuene Teche þe to knowe þe wey to heuene.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27380 : I sal þam recken siþen on rau Wit þair springes her-efter [Frf: here-ofter] neist.
2.
In accordance with this; as conj.: according as, in keeping with what.
Associated quotations
- c1390 11 Pains(3) (Vrn)86 : And lasse or more schal he be deruet, Er-aftur he haþ heer deseruet.
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)358 : Ȝif it were a trewe sentence, God myȝte move men hereafter.