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æfter-
æfter-
See also: æfter
Old English
Prefix
æfter-
- after, behind
- æftergengel (“successor”)
- æfterfylian, æfterfylgan (“to follow after, pursue, succeed”)
- afterward
- æftercnēoresu (“posterity”)
- for, for the sake or purpose of
- æftersprecan (“to claim, speak after, speak for”)
- later, in the later part (of the year)
- æfterhǣþa (“autumn drought”)
- against
- æfterrynne (“an encounter, running against, meeting”)
- out, out after
- æfterspyrian (“to track out, search for, inquire about, examine”)
Descendants
- English after-