adv. Obs.; also 4–5 afyn(e, 5 affyn(e. [a. Fr. à fin at or to the end.] Finally; to the end, completely.

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c. 1330.  Arth. & Merl., 50. Ac the eldest sone Constentine Was noble clerk and wise afine.

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c. 1330.  Kyng of Tars, 780. Icham nou glad wel afyn.

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a. 1400.  Chaucer, Rom. Rose, 3690. Til grapes be ripe and welle afyne.

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c. 1420.  Liber Cure Coc. (1865), 12. Take larde of porke … Hew hit in gobettis wele afyne.

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c. 1460.  Emare, 913. When they wer well at ese afyne, Bothe of brede, ale, and wyne.

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