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eftsoon

[ eft-soon ]

adverb

, Archaic.
  1. soon afterward.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eftsoon1

before 950; Middle English eftsone, Old English eftsōna. See eft 2, soon

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Example Sentences

El-se (for ell-es); unawar-es; eftsoon-s are adjectives in the genitive case.

Well thirty hundred men were come eftsoon, from whom he chose a thousand of the best.

When he and the maid had pledged their troths, Siegfried's arm embraced eftsoon the winsome maid.

He bade Hagen be fetched and others of his men, and sent eftsoon to court for Gernot.

Eftsoon these tidings were made known to the proud Burgundians.

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