eftsoon

American  

[eft-soon] / ɛftˈsun /

adverb

Archaic.

1. soon afterward.

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Etymology

Origin of eftsoon

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

Example Sentences

Such new-fangled words as "eftsoon," "albeit," "wench," "soothly," "zounds," "whenas," and "sithence" had stolen into common usage, making more direct and simpler speech a jest and a byword.

From The Holy Cross and Other Tales by Field, Eugene

As I told you, the noble Senses, peers of Microcosm, Will eftsoon fall to ruin perpetual.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various

But this the bold knight and good repaid eftsoon.

From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier

Then sixty bold men made them ready eftsoon for Kriemhild's sake.

From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier

Sir Oluf questioned the Knight eftsoon  If he were come from heaven down; "Art thou Christ of Heaven," quoth he,  "So will I yield me unto thee."

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth