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eptir

atviksorð
better spelt eftir, in common pronunciation ettir, a with and and also used as or without a case: an older form ept or eft only occurs in poetry, 39, 41, Ýt. 2, 91 (in a verse); ept víg, i. 349 (in a verse), iii. 50 (Arnór); [ afar; Runic stone in Tune, after; æft; after, aft; Swed.-Dan. efter]:—after.
A. WITH DAT., LOC.; with verbs denoting following, pursuing, or the like; hann reið e. þeim, 149; hann bar merkit eptir honum, he bore the standard after him, 297; róa e. þeim, to pull after them, 118; þegar e. Kara, on the heels of Kari, 202; varð ekki e. honum gengit, none went after him, 270.
β. with the notion to fetch; senda e. e-m, to send after one, 22, 78, i. 2; ríða í Hornafjörð e. fé yðru, ride to H. after your things, 63.γ. , viljum vér eigi e. fara, we will not follow after them. 242; ek mun hlaupa þegar e., 202.2. ,
α. with verbs denoting to look, stara, líta, sjá, gá, horfa, mæna, e. e-u, to stare, look after a thing while departing, Ísl. ii. 261: leita, spyrja, frétta e. e-u, to ask, ‘speer,’ seek after a thing, 75, 155, 686, i. 71, x. 148, β. segja e. e-m, to tell tales, report behind one’s back in a bad sense, 623. 62; þó at ek segða eigi óhapp eptir tengda-mönnum mínum, i. 66; sjá e. e-u, to look after, miss a thing, 75; leggja hug e. e-u, to mind a thing, Ísl. ii. 426; taka e., to mind, mark a thing; ganga e. e-u, to retain a thing, x. 5.γ. verbs denoting to expect; bíða, vænta e. e-u, to expect, wait for a thing; vaka e. e-m, to sit up waiting for one, but vaka yfir e-m, to sit up nursing or watching one, ii. 535.
II. denoting along, in the direction of a track, road, or the like; niðr e. hálsinum, down the hill, iii. 192; út e. firði, stood out along the firth, i. 37; innar e. höllinni, 270; upp e. dal, 232; ofan e. dalnum, 34; ofan e. eyrunum, 143; upp e. eyrunum, 85; innar e. búðinni, 165; út e. þvertrénu, 202; ofan e. reykinum, 230; inn e. Skeiðum, 224; inn e. Álptafirði, id.; innar e. ísum, 236; inn e. ísum, 316; út e. ísnum, 236; út e. Hafsbotnum, 1; e. endilöngu, from one end to another, x. 16; e. miðju, along the middle, vii. 89.
2. after, according to; e. því sem vera ætti, 66; e. sið þeirra ok lögum, i. 81; e. þínum fortölum, ii. 32; hann leiddisk e. fortölum hennar, he was led by her persuasion, v. 30; gékk allt e. því sem Hallr hafði sagt, 256; gékk allt e. því sem honum hafði vitrað verit, all turned out as he had dreamed, ii. 231; e. minni vísan, i. 71.
β. denoting proportion, comparison; þó eigi e. því sem faðir hans var, yet not like his father, 702; fátt manna e. því sem hann var vanr, few men in comparison to what he used to have, ii. 253; þat var orð á, at þar færi aðrar e., people said that the rest was of one piece, 168.γ. with verbs denoting imitation, indulgence, longing after, ; lifa e. holdi sínu, to live after the flesh, 25; lifa e. Guði, 73; lifit e. mér, follow after me, 45; láta e. e-m, to indulge one; mæla e. e-m, to take one’s part, 26: breyta e. e-m, to imitate; dæma e. e-m, to give a sentence for one, 150; fylgja e. e-m, to follow after one, ; herma e. e-m, to mimic one’s voice and gesture, as a juggler; mun ek þar e. gera sem þér gerit fyrir, I will do after just as you do before, 90; hann mælti e. (he repeated the words) ok stefndi rangt, 35; leika e. e-m, to follow one’s lead; telja e., to grudge; langa e., to long after, Luke xxii. 15.δ. kalla, heita e. e-m, to name a child after one; kallaði Hákon eptir föður sínum Hákoni, i. 14; kallaðr e. Mýrkjartani móður-föður sínum, 108: lcel. now make a distinction, heita í höfuðit á e-m, of a living person, and heita e. e-m, of one deceased.
III. denoting behind; fundusk e. þeim Írskar bækr, Irish books were found which they had left behind, (), xi. 410; draga þik blindan e. sér, vi. 323; bera e-t e. sér, to drag behind one; hann leiddi e. sér hestinn, he led the horse after him, 766.
β. as an , þá er eigi hins verra e. ván er slíkt ferr fyrir, what worse can come after, when such things went before? 34.2. but chiefly or ; láta e., to leave behind, i. 60; sitja e., to sit, stay behind, i. 66; bíða e., to stay behind; vera e., 36 new , i. 21; standa e., to stay behind, remain, be left, ii. 231, vi. 248; dveljask e., to delay, stop, ii. 253; leggja e., to lay behind, but liggja e., to lie behind, be left, 439; eiga e., to have to do, 56; ef ekki verðr e., if naught remain behind, 126; skammt get ek e., þinnar æfi, I guess that little is left of thy life, 182; þau bjoggu þar e., they remained, stayed there. 25.
B. WITH ACC., TEMP, after; vetri e. fall Ólafs, (fine); sextán vetrum e. dráp Eadmundar konungs …, vetrum e. andlát Gregorii, … e. burð Christi, 18; e. fall jarls, 297; e. verk þessi, 85: immediately after, var kom e. vetr, spring came after winter, 260; hvern dag e. annan, one day after another, 158; ár e. ár, year after year, 292; dag e. dag, day after day, ii. 231; e. þat, or e. þetta, after that, deinde, deinceps, 151, 58, i. 5, ; e. þingit, after the meeting, 108; e. sætt Eyrbyggja, 252.
2. denoting succession, inheritance, remembrance, ; eptir in this sense is frequent on the Runic stones, to the memory of, after; hón á arf allan e. mik, 3; tekit í arf e. föður þinn, inherited after thy father, i. 256; ef skapbætendr eru eigi til e. bauga, to receive the weregild, ii. 184; þeir er sektar-fé eiga at taka e. þik, 230; tók konungdóm e. föður sinn, took the kingdom after his father, i. 2; Þorkell tók lögsögu e. Þórarinn, Thorkel took the speakership after Thorarin, 5, 8, 10: , vita þá skömm e. sik, to know that shame [will be] after one, leave such a bad report, 222; skaði mikill er e. menn slíka, there is a great loss in such men, 93; hann fastaði karföstu e. son sinn, he fasted the lenten fast after his son’s death, ii. 231; sonr … e. genginn guma, a son to succeed his deceased father, 71; mæla e. en, or eiga vígsmál (eptir-mál) e. e-n, to conduct the suit after one if slain, 254 (), hence eptir-mál; eptir víg Arnkels vóru konur til erfðar ok aðildar, 194; í hefnd e. e-n, to revenge one’s death, 118; heimta gjöld e. menn sína, to claim weregild, viii. 199.
β. the phrase, vera e. sig, to be weary after great exertion.
II. used as after; síðan e. á öðrum degi, on the second day thereafter, 116: síðan e., deinceps, x. 210; um várit e., the spring after, 125 new ; annat sumar e., the second summer after, 14; annat haust e., 184; annan dag e., the second day after, 3; um daginn e., the day after, vii. 153, i. 21; næsta mánuð e., 126.
β. by placing the at the beginning the sense becomes different, later; e. um várit, later during the spring, 98.
III. used with the particles er, at; e. er, postquam, i. 10; e. at, id., 32.
β. eptir á, afterward; the proverb, eptir ( eptir á) koma ósvinnum ráð í hug, the fool is wise too late, 17, i. 98; eptir á, kvað hinn …, ‘after a bit,’ quoth the …, (a )
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