bæftan
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Old English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]bæftan
- behind
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
- Þa tungel-witegan ferdon and hí gebædon, and ða Iudeiscan boceras bæftan belifon, þe þa cenning-stowe þurh bóclic ġescēad gebícnodon.
- The astrologers went and worshipped, and the Jewish scribes remained behind, who had through book-knowledge pointed out the birth-place.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
Preposition
[edit]bæftan
- behind
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "De libro regum"
- ...Hieu hine scēt bæftan his bæce þæt him tōbærst sēo heorte.
- ...Jehu shot him behind his back, so that his heart burst.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "De libro regum"