Middle English Dictionary Entry
after-ward adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | after-ward adv. Also (only in sense 2) afterwardes & afterword, efterward. |
| Etymology | OE æfterweard |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Behind, in back, in the rear; in pursuit.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)14793 : Faraon wiþþ all hiss ferd Comm affterrwarrd wiþþ wraþþe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3194 : Bi-fore went william, & after-ward þe quene.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1435 : Þe erchebysschop Bawdewynys Beffore wente wiþ knyȝtys ffyn..And al þe last þenne afftyrward, þenne come þe douȝty kyng Rychard.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8198 : Then Deffibus drogh furth..With thre M. thro men..Eneas afturward with angardly mony.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)2070 : The prince of Cesare..was the iiijth, all in Another ward..Thanne came the kyng of Cesell afterward, iij thowsand knyghtez in his companye.
2.
Later, subsequently; afterwards, thereafter, hereafter, then.
Associated quotations
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)488 : Horn..schal haue mi dubbing, & afterward mi derling.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.6 : The furste niȝt afterward bituene hem biȝute was The gode child.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (Hrl 2277:Horst.)225 : Þe foweles sunge ek here matyns..& vnderne siþþe, & middai & afterwardes non.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)885 : Þe þing þat ich do now, þou nost what hit is; Ak þou shalt ywite afterward.
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)219 : Ac afterward he fondeth to comforte the wif.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)17/465 : Ac after-ward we lore þat þyng, Þo we to senne toke.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)28 : Þet corn heþ þri stas, uor hit is uerst ase ine gerse..efterward is uol of frut.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)15.3 : Efterwardes [L postea] hij hasteden to hym.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3703 : This Nero hadde..for to rise, Which afterward hym thoughte a greet greuance.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)163 : Of me neuere after-wart, loue ne get he none.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.283 : Þe Romayns chees hym afterwardes [L deinde] for to be Seynt Petres aduokett.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.133 : [He gylede Ionathas]..and þan afterward [L postmodum] he slowȝ þe ȝong Antiochus.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.497 : First he wroghte and afterward he taughte.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)11.178 : Þei sende me hider To leorne at ȝou Dowel..And seþþen Afturward to seo sumwhat of Dobest.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.757 : Thou schalt it afterward repente.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14076 : Iesus efterward [Trin-C: aftir warde] in hij Com precheand into bethani.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)10.222 : I..gret þe good man..And afterwardes [A: afterward] þe wyf.
- (1417) J.Dernell in Nrf.Archaeol.15136 : Die Veneris ij plows goyng in yo morowe, whyle it rayned all day after warde.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)665 : And afterwardes be processe of age, On foure fete he makeþ his passage.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)938 : They tolden alle Of this childe what afterward [vr. aftreward] is falle.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.1.91 : I..caste my syghte doun..for to abide what sche woolde doon aftirward [L deinceps].
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)4/11 : Men passez by þe ryuer of Danuby..And efterward [OF puis] men gase to Bulgary.
- (1426) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.65 : And affterward, in Kyng Herryes tyme the fyfte.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.FCLife (Corp-C 296)191 : Crist..kepte þe olde lawe, as it schulde be aftirward.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)13/1 : Þan do þat to þe fire..& afterwardes drawe it owte thurgh a clathe clene.
- c1450 Dc.Prov.(Dc 52)57 : First loke and aftirward lepe.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)32/24 : Kynge Bors encountird with a knyght..and aftirwarde drew hys swerde.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)635/15 : Afturwarde forþe þe seide abbasses sholde be quiete of all maner seutes.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)77/7 : Bray hem wel in a morter alle to-gedyr and aftirwared put ther-to the poudere of mader.
3.
(a) At a later point (in a book), later on, below; (b) in addition, further, moreover.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2899 : And this same Salomon seith afterward, that by the sorweful visage of a man..the fool..amendeth hym self.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)32/8 : Poul seide..afterward in þe same chapitre: 'Ȝeldeþ & payeþ to alle men [etc.].'
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)1765 : Als es aftirward in þis part contende.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)264 : Als þai may leire in þis boke Efter-ward, who likes to loke.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)171 : Þe zeneȝere is godes þief..Efterward he is moyrdrer of þe kinges doȝter, þet is, of his oȝene zaule..Efterward he is godes bezuykere.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)191 : Efterward saint gregori telþ..Efterward þer wes a poure man ase me zayþ.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2826 : Afterward in getynge of youre richesses..yow moste haue greet bisynesse.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)53 : Þis seiþ he [Ambrose], and more afterword.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.195 : Þis Iohn is Iohn the Ermyte, þat is i-sette in þe book of fadres sone afterward Hyllarioun.
Note: Additional quote(s)
Note: L post Hilarionem propre ponitur