(a) At the present time, at this moment, presently, now; in the present circumstances; (b) ~ at this time, ~ upon this tide, at this very time; ~ todai, this very day; ~ yet, still; ~~, right ~, at this moment, right now.

(a) In the time immediately following the present, in a moment; at once, forthwith, straightway; (b) ~~, ~ right, right ~, right away, immediately; also, henceforth, hereafter; ~ her-after, just hereafter; ~ at this time, immediately, straightway.

(a) In the time immediately preceding the present, just now; already [quot.: (a1382)]; (b) right ~, a moment ago; ~ seid, seid ~, aforesaid; ~ (biforen) alleged; ~ biforen descrived (named, spoken, etc.); ~ formed (rehersed, etc.); ~ her-biforen, just previously; ~ late, just lately, recently; ~ laste, lastly.

At the time spoken of or referred to, at that time, then: (a) in past time; right ~; (b) in the historical present; also, in future time.

Used to introduce antithetical clauses, phrases, or words: ~..(and) ~, som-time..~, etc., at one time..(and) at another, now..now, now..then; ~..and eft (other-while), now..and now, now..and then.

In various phrases and combs.: (a) as ~, now, for now; (b) ~ and ~, ~ and thanne, at one time and another, from time to time, now and again; ~ and ~ eftsones, again and again; ~ a litel and ~ a litel, little by little; (c) ~ aldai, ~ bi dai, ~ o (of, on) daies, on daies ~, nowadays [cp. nou-a-dai and nou-a-daies]; (d) ~ and ai (ever, ever-mor), now and forever; ~ and eft, now and again, repeatedly; ~ fore-ward (forth-ward), ~ from this dai, from ~ fore-ward, from this ~, from now on, hereafter; ~ her, her ~, her and ~, here and now; other) ~ or never, straightway, immediately; ~ what [translating L numquid].

In various emphatic positions, with the purely temporal sense diminished or effaced: (a) with a question, petition, exhortation, or command; (b) with a direct address; (c) in an oath; (d) ~ if, if ~, if..~; (e) at the beginning of a clause, to introduce or resume a narrative or an exposition; ~ certes (treuli); also, used elliptically to introduce a new topic: ~ as to speken, ~ more to mingen, ~ to (oure) purpos; (f) inserted parenthetically into or at the end of a clause, to emphasize a significant phrase or word, or to signal a rhetorical pause; (g) with another adv., sometimes with intensive force: ~ agon (ayen, eft); eft ~; ~ next (sone); ~ (as) thanne, now then, therefore.