adv. and prep. [OE. æftanweard, æfteweard, adj., æftewearde adv., f. æftan, AFT, + -WARD; corrupted already in OE. to æfterweard, -wearde, through influence of æfter, AFTER. The original is represented by AFTWARD.]
A. adv.
† 1. Of place: Behind; after. Obs.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Exod. xxxiii. 23. Þu ʓesihst me æftewearde.
c. 1200. Ormin. 14793. Faraon wiþþ all hiss ferd Comm affterrwarrd wiþþ wraþþe.
c. 1350. Will. & Werwolf, in Dom. Archit., II. 99. Bi fore went William, and after ward the quene.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, XX. 8198. Then Deffibus drogh furth, & to þe dede went,… Eneas afturward with angardly mony.
† 2. Naut. Backward, aftward. Obs. rare.
a. 1618. Raleigh, Lett., in Rem. (1661), 252. To make her [a ship] swift, is to give her a large Run, or way forward, and so afterward.
3. Of time: In time following, subsequently.
1297. R. Glouc., 6. Afturward in þis bok me schal here al þis.
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 163. Of me neuere after-wart; loue ne get he none.
c. 1385. Chaucer, L. G. W., 1655. That aftyrward hat brought hire to myschef.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., Aftyrward, Postea postmodum.
1579. W. Fulke, Heskins’ Parl., 315. Afterwarde the mother receiued her daughter.
1605. Bacon, Adv. Learn., II. viii. § 5 (1873). Afterward they come to distinguish according to truth.
1628. Coke, On Littleton, I. ii. § 21 (1633), 24 b. This shall be explaned afterward.
1802. Mar. Edgeworth, Mor. T. (1816), I. 207. He might afterward … repeat some lines.
1866. Neale, Sequ. & Hymns, 200. Rufus, the afterward martyr, was prelate.
† 4. Of order: Next, then, thereafter. Obs.
1340. Ayenb., 24. [He] þengþ in his herte, uerst to þe dignete, efterward to his prosperite, efter þan to his richesses, efterward to his lustes.
1581. Campion, in Confer., IV. (1584), Ee b. So being iust, he was made more iust: and so first iust, and afterward justified.
† B. prep. Obs. rare.
† 1. Of place: After, following.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 45. Ic heom wulle milcien þe weren efterward mine milce.
c. 1200. Ormin, 12727. Ta twa Leorninngcnihhtess … ȝedenn forþ Affterrwarrd ure Laferrd.
† 2. Of time: After.
a. 1000. Riddle (Grein), xvi. 14. ʓif he me æfterweard ealles weorþeþ.
† 3. Of manner: After, in quest of.
c. 1230. Hali Meid., 37. To wearnen meidnes þat ha beon þe lasse afterward swuch þing.
† C. conjunctively. After (that). Obs.
1482. Monk of Evesham (1869), 24. Aftyrward that he was fully comme to hym selfe ageyne.
1607. Topsell, Four-footed Beasts (1673), 400. Afterward they had sacrificed, they were delivered from the mice.
