af-stass, f. ([103], n. 3), a standing off, falling away; afstassais bôkôs, a writing of divorcement; Mt. V, 31. [< stem -stassi- < stat-ti-< stat (< √ of standan +-t) + suff. -ti-.]
af-stôþum, prt. of afstandan.
af-swaggwjan, wv. ([188]), to make despondent; afswaggwiþs wisan, to despair; II. Cor. I, 8 (note).
afta, adv. ([213], n. 2), behind. [< af + suff. -ta. OE. æft, again, behind.]
aftana, adv. ([213], n. 2), from behind; Mk. V, 27. [< afta + suff. -na. OE. æftan, ME. æfte, NE. aft; cf. abaft < a, on, + bi, by, + aft.]
aftarô, adv. ([211], n. 1), from behind, behind. [< af + adv. compar. suff. -tarô.]
aftra, adv., back, backwards, behind; Lu. II, 43; again; Mt. V, 33. [< af + adv. compar. suff. -tra. OE. æfter, ME. æfter, after, NE. after.]
aftuma, superl. adj. ([139]), the last. [< af + superl. suff. -tu-ma-n-.]
aftumists, superl. adj. ([139], n. 1), the last; aftumist haban, to lie, or be, at the point of deth; Mk. 5, 23. [< aftuma + superl. suff. -ist-a-. OE. ME. æftemest, NE. aftermost (by influence of after and most; s. aftra and maists).]
aggilus, m. ([120], n. 1), angel, messenger; Lu. II, 9. 10; dat. -au; Lu. II, 13. 21; acc. -u; Mk. I, 2; pl. nom. -jus; Lu. II, 15; or -eis; Mk. I, 13. [< ἄγγελος, messenger, angel.]