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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Efterhend, Eftirhend, adv. andprep. Also: eftyr(e-, efftyr- and -hende, -hind. [? for efterhand (ME. after the hond), but cf. the adjs. hend and hender = hinder.]

1. adv. Afterwards, subsequently.(a) c1420 Wynt. vi. 1005.
In till hys thowcht ay wald he cast Efftyr-hend hys statis all Ib. 1582.
Thidder he folowyd efftyr-hend 1438 Lennox Mun. 68.
At the fest of Wytsonday … and syn at the Mertynmes next eftyrhend folowand 1576 Edinb. Test. IV. 188 b.
All richt [or] titill of rycht … that I haif gevin to … Margaret or that scho may obtene eftirhend 1596 Dalr. I. 77/31.
Thaireftir was thair mony ȝeiris eftirhind a … gret successe of al things(b) 14.. Acts I. 333/2.
At thai sell ail nocht the tunnar beand present na yit tunnand efterhend a1578 Pitsc. I. 280/9.
Ȝeit sune efter hend thair come great troubill in Scottland 1600-1610 Melvill 419.
Who apprehendit sic a feare … that it stak to thair stomak all that yeir efter-hend

2. prep. a. After (by way of following). a1400 Leg. S. xxi. 128.
Hyre husbandis messyngeris wend Til Athenis hyre eftyre hend

b. After (in time); subsequent to. c1420 Wynt. iii. 119.
Quhat evyr he mete Nest eftyrhend his wyctory Ib. vi. 2228.
Lang tyme eftyrehend that day 1551 Hamilton Cat. 32.
Eftir hend all this, thai turnit thame to the brekaris of the law

c. Behind, in the rear of. a1568 Bann. MS. 119 a/56.
Scho … pischit the grit watter of Forth, Sic tyd ran eftir hend hir