eft

Meaning

1. again

   Hē ātēah eft his sweord, and eft hit līehte on þīestrum þurh hit self.

   He took out his sword again, and again it flashed in the dark by itself.

2. back (of return or reversal)

   Ġif man lange staraþ on þā neowolnesse, staraþ sēo neowolnes eft on hine.

   If you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss stares back into you.

3. afterwards

   Moyses, ðurh Godes mihte, āwende eal heora wæter tō rēadum blōde, and hē āfylde eal heora land mid froggon, and siððan mid gnættum, eft mid hundes lūsum, ðā flugon into heora mūðe and heora næsðyrlum; and sē Ælmihtiġa ðone mōdiġan cyning mid þām eaðelicum ġesċeaftum swā gėswencte...

   Moses, through the power of God, turned all their water into red blood, and filled all of their land with frogs, and then with gnats, and afterwards with dogflies, which flew into their mouths and their nostrils; the Almighty punished their proud king in that way with every kind of creature...

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church