eftsoon
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of eftsoon
before 950; Middle English eftsone, Old English eftsōna. See eft 2, soon
Example Sentences
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But this the bold knight and good repaid eftsoon.
From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier
"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."
From Heiress of Haddon by Doubleday, William E.
He bade Hagen be fetched and others of his men, and sent eftsoon to court for Gernot.
From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier
Now Mars, being retrograde, foretelleth misery To tyrannical practice to happen eftsoon, As shall be apparent before all be done.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew
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
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