eftsoon

[ eft-soon ]

adverb

, Archaic.

1. soon afterward.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eftsoon¹

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

Example Sentences

“Eftsoon and gadzooks!” cried Jack, striking an attitude, “lead me to him, and sooth it shall go hard with me if my trusty sword drink not the caitiff’s blood.”

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I see long hands of dead women, They clutch for my soul eftsoon; Nay, saith the Bishop of Canterbury, 'Tis the drifting light of the moon.

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It shortly rose to ninety; and by ten reached twenty more; Eftsoon degrees one-hundred-nine-and-twenty was the score; Glass went on rising near as high as it was marked to go.

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"Ye will come unto the chamber of the Sangraal sixty paces down the corridor to thy left eftsoon ye enter the chief fortress, sir knight," one of the warders called down.

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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."

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