† thenafteradv.
Obsolete.
After then, after that time: = thereafter adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > thereafter or after that
thoc700
thenforthc875
thereafterc897
fro ðan ðatc1175
thethenforthc1175
thenforthwardc1200
thereup?c1225
from?a1366
thencec1374
thenceforthc1374
fromwardc1400
thyne-forwardc1400
sin1405
thyne-forthc1440
thenceforward1457
sinsyne1470
thenafter1470
then afterwarda1485
upon?1523
sineth1542
thence-after1593
thenceforwards1684
thereafterward1867
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. i. 494 And thenne after he gaf hym a drynke.
1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 285/2 Unabled fro thenceforth for ever, to claime, have or enjoy, any of the premisses, by him thenne after.
1605 T. Sparke Brotherly Perswasion (1607) 6 Homilies then published and authorised, or to be then after published and authorised.
1791 Selby Bridge Act 14 At all times for ever thenafter.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > thereafter or after that
thoc700
thenforthc875
thereafterc897
fro ðan ðatc1175
thethenforthc1175
thenforthwardc1200
thereup?c1225
from?a1366
thencec1374
thenceforthc1374
fromwardc1400
thyne-forwardc1400
sin1405
thyne-forthc1440
thenceforward1457
sinsyne1470
thenafter1470
then afterwarda1485
upon?1523
sineth1542
thence-after1593
thenceforwards1684
thereafterward1867
a1485 J. Fortescue Wks. (1869) 486 Thanne afterward he..destroied the Reame of Assury.
1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. xxi. 98 He..was condemned for an Heretike by the Nicene counsell, and his books burned: and then afterwards making shew before Constantine the Emperour with a solemne oth to recant his old errors.
1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 226 What didst thou then afterward?
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