Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Soon after; soon again; again; anew; a second time; after a while.
- At once; speedily; forthwith.
- e. g. An abbreviation of the Latin exempli gratia: for the sake of an example; for example.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Archaic Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily.
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- adverb obsolete Alternative form of
eftsoons .
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Examples
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Leave Fatin and thy trust and mistrust, and come to cut and thrust, for eftsoon thou shalt lie in the dust; and so saying, he began to wheel about him and assail him and feel the way to prevail.
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He bade Hagen be fetched and others of his men, and sent eftsoon to court for Gernot.
The Nibelungenlied 2007
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Then had stalwart Gernot of Burgundy nigh done brave Iring unto death, but that he sprang away from the prince (nimble enow he was), and slew eftsoon four noble henchmen of the Burgundians from Worms across the Rhine.
The Nibelungenlied 2007
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Then messengers were sent eftsoon to Siegmund, that he might know, and Siegelind, too, that his son would come with Lady
The Nibelungenlied 2007
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Well thirty hundred men were come eftsoon, from whom he chose a thousand of the best.
The Nibelungenlied 2007
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Then sixty bold men made them ready eftsoon for Kriemhild's sake.
The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway
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Well thirty hundred men were come eftsoon, from whom he chose a thousand of the best.
The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway
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When he and the maid had pledged their troths, Siegfried's arm embraced eftsoon the winsome maid.
The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway
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In every wise blameless, till eld took from him eftsoon
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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"I, for one, would not lightly risk a combat with so doughty a knight as yourself, else Margaret might eftsoon weep for a lover departed."
Heiress of Haddon William E. Doubleday
hernesheir commented on the word eftsoon
(adj): archaic - soon afterward; again, afterwards; immediately, at once. Also eftsoons.
January 9, 2009