eftn.¹

Brit.

/ɛft/, U.S.

/ɛft/

Forms: Old English efeta, efete, Middle English euete, Middle English–1600s evete, Middle English auete, Middle English–1500s ewt(e, (Middle English eefte, 1500s ewft, euit), 1500s–1700s euet, (1700s eff, 1800s dialect effet, evvet), 1600s– eft. See also newt n.

Etymology: Old English efeta , of unknown origin. The form newt n. (a newt corruptly for an ewt) is more frequent in literary use, and in some dialects has superseded the older form.

A small lizard or lizard-like animal. Now (like newt n.) chiefly applied to the Greater Water-Newt ( Triton cristatus) and to the Smooth Newt ( Lophinus punctatus), of the order Salamandridæ.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Salamandridae (newts) > newt

askeOE

newta1425

askerc1450

swift1530

eft1584

water-ask1772

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 122 Lacerta uel stilio, efete.

a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 321 Lacerta, efeta.

a1200 Moral Ode 273 in Cott. Hom. 177 Þeor beð naddren and snaken, eueten and frude.

c1300 K. Alis. 6126 Evetis, and snakes, and paddokes brode.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xxix. (Tollem. MS.) Venimouse bestes and auetes [1535 lisardes].

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. v. 61 In that Abbeye ne entrethe not no Flye ne Todes ne Ewtes.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. xxx. 28 An euete enforsith with hondis, and dwelleth in the housis of kingis.

1480 W. Caxton Descr. Brit. 48 Eeftes that doon none harme.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 52^v [The Cameleon] beyng like to y^e Ewte in the bodye.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 47^v All things that breede in the mudde, are not Euets.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiii. v. 293 The carcases of snakes, ewts, and other serpents.

1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. ii. 28 May neuer Euet, nor the Toade, Within thy Bankes make their abode.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 251 Animals somewhat like Evets or Newts.

1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May xii. 79 The Water-Eff, as well as the Frog, etc. are esteemed by most People harmless Creatures.

1763 C. Churchill Prophecy of Famine 16 In quest of food, Efts strove in vain to crawl.

1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iv. 153 Wriggles the viper and the basking eft.

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Effet, a newt or eft.

1876 A. B. Buckley Short Hist. Nat. Sci. xxiv. 201 Aquatic salamanders, which resemble our newts or efts.

1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour I. xiv. 195 We used to hunt as boys for..the little evvet, the alligator of Great Britain.

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† eftn.²

Etymology: Of obscure origin; compare Old English æfest, æfst, malice, which frequently occurs in connection with níð.

Obsolete. rare.

? Malice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > feeling of spite > [noun]

ondeeOE

teenOE

envyc1300

malicea1325

eftc1325

maugrec1330

spitec1330

malignec1475

wrokea1500

doggedness1530

despitefulness1535

cankeredness1538

venomy1548

livor1589

doggishness1622

viperousness1651

Schadenfreude1895

bitchery1936

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [noun]

ondeeOE

evestOE

teenOE

hatingOE

envyc1300

eftc1325

maugrec1330

spitec1330

malicea1382

despitec1400

unkindnessc1400

malignec1475

wrokea1500

doggedness1530

despitefulness1535

cankeredness1538

venomy1548

livor1589

doggishness1622

viperousness1651

acid1768

Schadenfreude1895

bitchery1936

c1325 Metr. Hom. 35 Jowes havis eft and nithe At me for the ferlikes that I kithe.

c1325 Metr. Hom. 125 Eft and nythe and felonny.

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† eftadj.

Forms: In 1500s superlative eftest.

Etymology: ? A blunder ascribed to Dogberry; but it is not clear what word is alluded to.

Obsolete. rare.

? Ready, convenient.

ΚΠ

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. ii. 34 Yea mary, thats the eftest way.

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† eftadj.¹

Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: Scots be-eft , baft adv., baft prep.

Etymology: Probably < eft , in be-eft, Scots variant or alteration of baft adv. and baft prep., perhaps after here-eft , thare-eft , shortenings respectively of here-efter (see hereafter adv.), thare-efter (see thereafter adv.). Only in Douglas. Compare later aft adj.Compare later Scots eft (adverb) aft (in an isolated attestation in the phrase foir and eft (compare fore and aft adv.); perhaps after the present word):a1610 A. Montgomery Misc. Poems (1887) xlviii. 100 Some.., Bothe foir and eft, our taikle drauis and haillis.

Scottish. Obsolete. rare.

= aft adj. Only in eft castle, eft ship the after part of a ship, the poop: cf. after adj. and n.¹, and forecastle n.

ΚΠ

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. viii. 26 Furth of his eft schip a bekyn gart he stent.

1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados v. iii. 58 The patrouns, in eft castell fresche and gay Stude.

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† eftadv.

Brit.

/ɛft/, U.S.

/ɛft/

Forms: Also Middle English efte, (Middle English heft, Orm. efft).

Etymology: Old English ęft = Old Saxon, Old Frisian eft , Old Norse eptir , eftir , eft < Old Germanic *aftiz adverb comparative degree, < stem aft : see aft adv. and adj. Compare Old English lęng , comparative of lang , long adv.¹

Obsolete or archaic.

a. A second time, again; back.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > on two occasions, twice, or for a second time

eftc825

eftsoonc1000

twicec1122

eft-sitha1300

secondly1382

twice1382

sere twicea1400

secondarilyc1475

eftersoonsc1540

secondarly1543

severallya1577

twicea1656

bis1877

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > fact of being second > [adverb] > for a second time, again

eftc825

eftersoonsc950

eftsoonc1000

yetOE

againOE

once morelOE

eft-sitha1300

againwardc1380

second1382

secondly1382

once againc1475

secondarilyc1475

secondarly1543

backwardly1552

c825 Vesp. Psalter lxx[i]. 20 Of neolnisse eorðan eft ðu alædes mec.

c1000 Ælfric Genesis viii. 10 Noe..asende ut eft culfran.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16638 Hu maȝȝ ald mann ben borenn efft.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7524 Nu was Vortigerne æft [c1300 Otho heft] king.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 24403 He cried ans and eft.

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 105 Ontille Inglond eft he turned ouer þe se.

c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 694 Eft were his lettres stolen everichon.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 267 Again the goode [chestnuts] under gravel be do, and tried efte and thries preve hem so.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. iv. 123 Many a word yfalne shall eft arise.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 145 Hee..vanished eft away.

b. eft and eft: again and again. eft…eft: first…then.

ΚΠ

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvi. 145 Ȝif hym eft and eft euere at his neede.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 416 And as it drieth, efte and efte it dight.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie clxxviii. 1108 Eft at one side and eft a tother.

2. Indicating sequence or transition in discourse: Again, moreover, likewise.

ΚΠ

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xviii. 19 Eft [c950 Lindisf. eft sona] ic eow secge.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 107 Ne eft he ne mei on his welan..modegian.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 133 Yet eft þer is a stape huerinne is þe uolle of perfection of þise uirtue.

1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) I. 327 Meny nyȝtes in þe somer..þe sonne goþ nouȝt doun..and eft as many dayes in þe wynter..the sonne ariseþ nouȝt.

1533 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 13 §12 It is efte declared by this presente acte, that, etc.

1651 T. Gataker in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 195 It pleasing God eft..to imprint in the face..a living portraiture of those endowments.

a. Afterwards.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later

sitheneOE

aftereOE

sithOE

eftOE

latterOE

aftOE

sithencea1170

sithrec1175

thereup?c1225

baftc1275

furtherc1290

eftsoon1297

therewithala1300

afterwardc1300

afterwardsc1300

soc1300

therewithc1369

eftersoonsa1400

suingly?a1425

at after1425

followingly?c1425

afterhand1438

syne1489

by posteriority1523

in sequel1524

still1526

later1527

subsequently1537

senthis?1553

lately1565

subsequent1568

behindc1600

sequelarly1600

posterior1628

in prosecutiona1641

subsequentiallya1683

artera1746

posteriorly1799

ulteriorly1818

later on1829

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 685 (Parker MS.) Þone [sc. Mul] mon eft on Cent forbærnde.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 85 Sume men leden erest iuel liflode, and turnen eft to god.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 332 He hit schal efte with tenez tyne.

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vii First with right make our selfe strong; And efte our force manly for to shewe, Of knyghtes chose taken out a fewe.

1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 269/2 Dauid fell..fyrst in aduoutrie & eft in manslaughter.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Two Mortimers f. iiii^v Whom Fortune brought to boote and efte to bale.

b. with never, if ever.

ΚΠ

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 49 He ualleð in to helle pine þer neuer eft ne cumeð of bote.

c1230 Hali Meid. 11 Beo ha eanes fulliche forcoruen ne spruteð ha neauer eft.

c1325 Seven Sag. (P.) 302 Hys hert scholde to-breke, Ne schold he never eft more speke.

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 2776 Ȝif þou haue euer eft nede to me.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. xi. 99 Nevir syne with eyn saw I hyr eft.

Compounds

Also eftsoon adv.

eft-sithe v. (in 2 eftsíðian) to return.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [verb (intransitive)]

to wend againeOE

i-cherrec1000

again-chareOE

again-comeOE

again-fareOE

again-goOE

eft-sithec1175

to turn againc1175

returna1325

attournec1386

turnc1390

recovera1393

repair?c1400

recourse?a1425

to go backc1425

resortc1425

revertc1475

renew1488

retour?1505

to make return1534

to turn back1538

retend1543

to come short home1548

regress1552

rejourna1556

revolt1567

revolve1587

repeal1596

recur1612

rewend1616

revene1656

to get back1664

to take back1674

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 119 Þet ure saule moten eft-siðian to him.

eft-sith adv. (also eft-sithes) another time, once more; also, from time to time, often (cf. oftsithes adv.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > on two occasions, twice, or for a second time

eftc825

eftsoonc1000

twicec1122

eft-sitha1300

secondly1382

twice1382

sere twicea1400

secondarilyc1475

eftersoonsc1540

secondarly1543

severallya1577

twicea1656

bis1877

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > fact of being second > [adverb] > for a second time, again

eftc825

eftersoonsc950

eftsoonc1000

yetOE

againOE

once morelOE

eft-sitha1300

againwardc1380

second1382

secondly1382

once againc1475

secondarilyc1475

secondarly1543

backwardly1552

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1901 Noe..sent þe dofe eftsith.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Ci Which way eftsithes..Andromache alone Resorted to the parentes of her make.

1875 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Eftsith, often.

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> as lemmas

EFT

EFT n. electronic funds (also fund) transfer.

1972 Computer Decisions Nov. 18/1 The Atlanta Payments Project group has concluded that electronic funds transfer (EFT) systems will spread through the banking community.

2016 Afr. News (Nexis) 12 Feb. The figures only refer to fraud via EFT and applicable channels (i.e. mobile banking, internet banking etc.) within the national payment system.

extracted from En.¹

n.¹c1000

n.²c1325

adj.1600

adj.¹a1522

adv.c825

as lemmas

单词	eft
释义	eftn.¹ Brit. /ɛft/, U.S. /ɛft/ Forms: Old English efeta, efete, Middle English euete, Middle English–1600s evete, Middle English auete, Middle English–1500s ewt(e, (Middle English eefte, 1500s ewft, euit), 1500s–1700s euet, (1700s eff, 1800s dialect effet, evvet), 1600s– eft. See also newt n. Etymology: Old English efeta , of unknown origin. The form newt n. (a newt corruptly for an ewt) is more frequent in literary use, and in some dialects has superseded the older form. A small lizard or lizard-like animal. Now (like newt n.) chiefly applied to the Greater Water-Newt ( Triton cristatus) and to the Smooth Newt ( Lophinus punctatus), of the order Salamandridæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Salamandridae (newts) > newt askeOE newta1425 askerc1450 swift1530 eft1584 water-ask1772 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 122 Lacerta uel stilio, efete. a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 321 Lacerta, efeta. a1200 Moral Ode 273 in Cott. Hom. 177 Þeor beð naddren and snaken, eueten and frude. c1300 K. Alis. 6126 Evetis, and snakes, and paddokes brode. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xxix. (Tollem. MS.) Venimouse bestes and auetes [1535 lisardes]. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. v. 61 In that Abbeye ne entrethe not no Flye ne Todes ne Ewtes. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. xxx. 28 An euete enforsith with hondis, and dwelleth in the housis of kingis. 1480 W. Caxton Descr. Brit. 48 Eeftes that doon none harme. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 52^v [The Cameleon] beyng like to y^e Ewte in the bodye. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 47^v All things that breede in the mudde, are not Euets. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiii. v. 293 The carcases of snakes, ewts, and other serpents. 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. ii. 28 May neuer Euet, nor the Toade, Within thy Bankes make their abode. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 251 Animals somewhat like Evets or Newts. 1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May xii. 79 The Water-Eff, as well as the Frog, etc. are esteemed by most People harmless Creatures. 1763 C. Churchill Prophecy of Famine 16 In quest of food, Efts strove in vain to crawl. 1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iv. 153 Wriggles the viper and the basking eft. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Effet, a newt or eft. 1876 A. B. Buckley Short Hist. Nat. Sci. xxiv. 201 Aquatic salamanders, which resemble our newts or efts. 1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour I. xiv. 195 We used to hunt as boys for..the little evvet, the alligator of Great Britain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † eftn.² Etymology: Of obscure origin; compare Old English æfest, æfst, malice, which frequently occurs in connection with níð. Obsolete. rare. ? Malice. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > feeling of spite > [noun] ondeeOE teenOE envyc1300 malicea1325 eftc1325 maugrec1330 spitec1330 malignec1475 wrokea1500 doggedness1530 despitefulness1535 cankeredness1538 venomy1548 livor1589 doggishness1622 viperousness1651 Schadenfreude1895 bitchery1936 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [noun] ondeeOE evestOE teenOE hatingOE envyc1300 eftc1325 maugrec1330 spitec1330 malicea1382 despitec1400 unkindnessc1400 malignec1475 wrokea1500 doggedness1530 despitefulness1535 cankeredness1538 venomy1548 livor1589 doggishness1622 viperousness1651 acid1768 Schadenfreude1895 bitchery1936 c1325 Metr. Hom. 35 Jowes havis eft and nithe At me for the ferlikes that I kithe. c1325 Metr. Hom. 125 Eft and nythe and felonny. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † eftadj. Forms: In 1500s superlative eftest. Etymology: ? A blunder ascribed to Dogberry; but it is not clear what word is alluded to. Obsolete. rare. ? Ready, convenient. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. ii. 34 Yea mary, thats the eftest way. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † eftadj.¹ Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: Scots be-eft , baft adv., baft prep. Etymology: Probably < eft , in be-eft, Scots variant or alteration of baft adv. and baft prep., perhaps after here-eft , thare-eft , shortenings respectively of here-efter (see hereafter adv.), thare-efter (see thereafter adv.). Only in Douglas. Compare later aft adj.Compare later Scots eft (adverb) aft (in an isolated attestation in the phrase foir and eft (compare fore and aft adv.); perhaps after the present word):a1610 A. Montgomery Misc. Poems (1887) xlviii. 100 Some.., Bothe foir and eft, our taikle drauis and haillis. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. = aft adj. Only in eft castle, eft ship the after part of a ship, the poop: cf. after adj. and n.¹, and forecastle n. ΚΠ a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. viii. 26 Furth of his eft schip a bekyn gart he stent. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados v. iii. 58 The patrouns, in eft castell fresche and gay Stude. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † eftadv. Brit. /ɛft/, U.S. /ɛft/ Forms: Also Middle English efte, (Middle English heft, Orm. efft). Etymology: Old English ęft = Old Saxon, Old Frisian eft , Old Norse eptir , eftir , eft < Old Germanic aftiz adverb comparative degree, < stem aft* : see aft adv. and adj. Compare Old English lęng , comparative of lang , long adv.¹ Obsolete or archaic. 1. a. A second time, again; back. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > on two occasions, twice, or for a second time eftc825 eftsoonc1000 twicec1122 eft-sitha1300 secondly1382 twice1382 sere twicea1400 secondarilyc1475 eftersoonsc1540 secondarly1543 severallya1577 twicea1656 bis1877 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > fact of being second > [adverb] > for a second time, again eftc825 eftersoonsc950 eftsoonc1000 yetOE againOE once morelOE eft-sitha1300 againwardc1380 second1382 secondly1382 once againc1475 secondarilyc1475 secondarly1543 backwardly1552 c825 Vesp. Psalter lxx[i]. 20 Of neolnisse eorðan eft ðu alædes mec. c1000 Ælfric Genesis viii. 10 Noe..asende ut eft culfran. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16638 Hu maȝȝ ald mann ben borenn efft. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7524 Nu was Vortigerne æft [c1300 Otho heft] king. a1300 Cursor Mundi 24403 He cried ans and eft. 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 105 Ontille Inglond eft he turned ouer þe se. c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 694 Eft were his lettres stolen everichon. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 267 Again the goode [chestnuts] under gravel be do, and tried efte and thries preve hem so. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. iv. 123 Many a word yfalne shall eft arise. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 145 Hee..vanished eft away. b. eft and eft: again and again. eft…eft: first…then. ΚΠ 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvi. 145 Ȝif hym eft and eft euere at his neede. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 416 And as it drieth, efte and efte it dight. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie clxxviii. 1108 Eft at one side and eft a tother. 2. Indicating sequence or transition in discourse: Again, moreover, likewise. ΚΠ c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xviii. 19 Eft [c950 Lindisf. eft sona] ic eow secge. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 107 Ne eft he ne mei on his welan..modegian. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 133 Yet eft þer is a stape huerinne is þe uolle of perfection of þise uirtue. 1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) I. 327 Meny nyȝtes in þe somer..þe sonne goþ nouȝt doun..and eft as many dayes in þe wynter..the sonne ariseþ nouȝt. 1533 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 13 §12 It is efte declared by this presente acte, that, etc. 1651 T. Gataker in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 195 It pleasing God eft..to imprint in the face..a living portraiture of those endowments. 3. a. Afterwards. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later sitheneOE aftereOE sithOE eftOE latterOE aftOE sithencea1170 sithrec1175 thereup?c1225 baftc1275 furtherc1290 eftsoon1297 therewithala1300 afterwardc1300 afterwardsc1300 soc1300 therewithc1369 eftersoonsa1400 suingly?a1425 at after1425 followingly?c1425 afterhand1438 syne1489 by posteriority1523 in sequel1524 still1526 later1527 subsequently1537 senthis?1553 lately1565 subsequent1568 behindc1600 sequelarly1600 posterior1628 in prosecutiona1641 subsequentiallya1683 artera1746 posteriorly1799 ulteriorly1818 later on1829 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 685 (Parker MS.) Þone [sc. Mul] mon eft on Cent forbærnde. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 85 Sume men leden erest iuel liflode, and turnen eft to god. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 332 He hit schal efte with tenez tyne. 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vii First with right make our selfe strong; And efte our force manly for to shewe, Of knyghtes chose taken out a fewe. 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 269/2 Dauid fell..fyrst in aduoutrie & eft in manslaughter. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Two Mortimers f. iiii^v Whom Fortune brought to boote and efte to bale. b. with never, if ever. ΚΠ c1175 Lamb. Hom. 49 He ualleð in to helle pine þer neuer eft ne cumeð of bote. c1230 Hali Meid. 11 Beo ha eanes fulliche forcoruen ne spruteð ha neauer eft. c1325 Seven Sag. (P.) 302 Hys hert scholde to-breke, Ne schold he never eft more speke. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 2776 Ȝif þou haue euer eft nede to me. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. xi. 99 Nevir syne with eyn saw I hyr eft. Compounds Also eftsoon adv. eft-sithe v. (in 2 eftsíðian) to return. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [verb (intransitive)] to wend againeOE i-cherrec1000 again-chareOE again-comeOE again-fareOE again-goOE eft-sithec1175 to turn againc1175 returna1325 attournec1386 turnc1390 recovera1393 repair?c1400 recourse?a1425 to go backc1425 resortc1425 revertc1475 renew1488 retour?1505 to make return1534 to turn back1538 retend1543 to come short home1548 regress1552 rejourna1556 revolt1567 revolve1587 repeal1596 recur1612 rewend1616 revene1656 to get back1664 to take back1674 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 119 Þet ure saule moten eft-siðian to him. eft-sith adv. (also eft-sithes) another time, once more; also, from time to time, often (cf. oftsithes adv.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > on two occasions, twice, or for a second time eftc825 eftsoonc1000 twicec1122 eft-sitha1300 secondly1382 twice1382 sere twicea1400 secondarilyc1475 eftersoonsc1540 secondarly1543 severallya1577 twicea1656 bis1877 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > fact of being second > [adverb] > for a second time, again eftc825 eftersoonsc950 eftsoonc1000 yetOE againOE once morelOE eft-sitha1300 againwardc1380 second1382 secondly1382 once againc1475 secondarilyc1475 secondarly1543 backwardly1552 a1300 Cursor Mundi 1901 Noe..sent þe dofe eftsith. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Ci Which way eftsithes..Andromache alone Resorted to the parentes of her make. 1875 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Eftsith, often. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas EFT EFT n. electronic funds (also fund) transfer. Π 1972 Computer Decisions Nov. 18/1 The Atlanta Payments Project group has concluded that electronic funds transfer (EFT) systems will spread through the banking community. 2016 Afr. News (Nexis) 12 Feb. The figures only refer to fraud via EFT and applicable channels (i.e. mobile banking, internet banking etc.) within the national payment system. extracted from En.¹ < n.¹c1000n.²c1325adj.1600adj.¹a1522adv.c825 as lemmas
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