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(Thare-efter,) Thar-efter, Thair-efter, adv. (prep.). Also: thare-eftir, -eftyre, -efftyr, -eftre, thar-eftir(e, -eftyr, -aftir, thair-eftir, -eftyr, -after, ther-efter, -eftir, -after, -efthyr, there-efter, -after, therreftir, their eftir. [ME and e.m.E. þer efter (c1175), þer after (1297), þar efter (Cursor M.), thereaftere (1445), therafter (1535).] After that in time or sequence, next, subsequently.(a) 1375 Barb. i 591.
He tuk his leve and hame is went, And the king a parlyament Gert set tharefter [C. thareftir] hastely c1400 Troy-bk. i 2.
Dyomedes byrdes thai ware Callit thare-eftre mony a ȝhere 1405 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 58.
Thar eftyr 1405 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 58.
Thar eftire 1409 Exch. R. IV ccx.
Gif he may nocht cum at sic tyme throu causis resonabil, he sal cum alsoune as he gudely may tharaftir c1420 Wynt. iii 1072.
Fergus-Ercson … Broucht this stane wytht-in Scotland … And fyrst it set in Ikkolmkil, And Skune thare-eftyre it wes broucht tylle c1420 Wynt. v 2693.
Thare-efftyr 1451 Acts II 40/1.
That the said new lyon fra the day it salbe cryit to haf cours sall ryn for vj s. viij d. of the said new mone ande the half lyone of wecht and of fynes thairefter haf cours for iij s. iiij d. a1500 Henr. Hasty Credence 39 (M).
Sit down … And serche the caus weill, or thou gif sentence, Or ells thaireftir … thow may repent, That thow to talis gaif sa sone credence 1482 Bamff Chart. 31.
Thareeftir … thaireftir 1488 Dunferm. B. Rec. I 1.
Ane of the balyeis of the burhg of Dunfermlyne resawyt resignacione fra Vilyame Litster of [land] … And than thair eftyr the said balye deliuerit heritable stat and possessione till Henre Kyncauile of the forsaidis land 1491 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 61.
The said maister and his seruandis sall begyn to thair werk ilk day in somer at the straik of v houris in the morning, and to continew besylie into thair lawbour quhill viij houris thairafter, and than [etc.] 15.. Lord Fergus' Gaist 63.
The littill gaist will fall in soun, And thaireftir doun ly 1562 Perth Hammermen 95.
Thomas Broun … is become … prenteis to Williame Lathangy … for all the dayis and termes of sevin yeris as prenteis and ane yeir thaireftir for mait and xxxvii s. money of fie 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 306.
The laird of Tullibardin come out of Leith to Edinburgh, to speik the saids lordis, and thairefter depairted to Leith c1590 Fowler II 45/23.
Read ouer, consider the mater a litill better, and thairefter giue me an degest answer 1596 Dalr. I 2/24.
Brutus … landet in Albion. Thaireftir the ile he named Britannie 1614 Melrose P. 601.
[He] had his lege cut of be the knie; and within twa houris thairefter, he diet 1629 Justiciary Cases I 103.
William Smyth was curet … and levit thaireftir be the space of ellevin ȝeiris(b) 1468 Smit Bronnen I ii 1019.
I haff rasawyt ȝowr lytteris and thereefter passyt to my soveran lord and his consell 1472 Lennox Mun. 82.
To paye … at the feste of Wytsundaye … and at the … Martymes nexte therreftir folowand 1492 Fam. Rose 157.
Thereftir 1492–3 Acta Conc. I 265/2.
Therefter 1493 Reg. Paisley 404.
Therefthyr 1513 Doug. i v 109.
The cruel tyme sone therefter sal ces a1578 Pitsc. (1728) 196.
Thereafter 1586 Reg. Privy C. IV 73.
Nochtwithstanding … the lauchfull proclamatioun of thair bandis in thair parroche kirkis, the said Johnne … maryit ane uthir woman theireftir 1600-1610 Melvill 16.
I haid an evill-inclyned woman to my nuris; therefter speaned & put in a cottar hous 1632 Lithgow Trav. iii 84.
A little thereafter the Generall of the Galleys came to the monastery 1662 Lamont Diary 154.
His mother … was bitten throughe the arme with a puggy … which did blood so therafter, that it could be stemed nether by [etc.]

b. prep. After (in time). = Efter prep. 1. 1670 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 77.
The said Andrew receaved the shot in his own loan. Within ane little spaice therefter he had receaved the samine the said James came to the loan and called at the said Andrew