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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1389-1581
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Efter-, Eftirwart, adv. Also: eftyr-, efftyrwart, efter-, eftiruart. Also occasional and rare variants: efterwert, eftirwert, efteruert, afterwart. [Normal Sc. variant of Efterward(e,adv.] Afterwards.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 161.
Efterwart he ordanyt swa, At all clerkis sic crownis suld ta 14.. Acts I. 42/2.
Gif … efteruart a myster unexcusabill cumis to the forsaid fadre 1456 Hay I. 175/7.
Gif he efterwart gerris put him in ferme prisoun a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 522.
Luke ȝe prent it in ȝour hart For dreid ȝe rewe it efterwart 1535 Stewart 28565.
Gif efterwart so hapnit for to be c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2081.
Quhilk he did conques efterwart, As ȝe sall heir, or we depart a1578 Pitsc. I. 283/30.
Lang tyme efterwart this skirmische was callit … ‘clenȝe calsay’ 1581 Burne Disput. 2.
This iustice efteruart brustis furth in vark(b) 1389 Wemyss Chart. 23.
The fornemmyt landys … pertenand to the forsayde Scyr Ion … into tyme to cum eftyrwart c1420 Wynt. vii. 3456.
Kyng Edwart, Wyth the Lang-schankis cald efftyrwart c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v. 538.
Sone eftirwart, as verite is seyne, He was the man [etc.] 1492 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 420.
To amende … the skaith done, and gif ony happinis eftiruart to be done c1552 Lynd. Mon. 775.
Virago … Quhilk Eua eftirwart was namyt 1570 Leslie 74.
He fearit the Duches of Burgondye … suld invaid his cuntrey, as sho did eftiruart a1578 Pitsc. I. 7/9.
As eftirwart this buik will schaw ȝow plaine(c) c1420 Wynt. i. 35.
Quhyle the tothir Robert Oure Kyng wes crownyde efterwert 1490 Irland Mir. I. 13/27.
Eftirwert consider to the gouernaunce of the temporalite of thi realme 1520 Fife Sheriff Ct. 171.
That … he sould neuir be herd in that cause in jugement eftirwert 1545 Reg. Cupar A. II. 38.
Gyf the said Jhone thinkis efteruert at our said letter of tak be nocht sa formall as neid wer(d)c1460 Wisdom of Solomon 637.
Quha sal succed til hyme afterwart
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