bæftan

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Old English[edit]

Adverb[edit]

bæftan

  1. 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.

Preposition[edit]

bæftan

  1. 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.
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