eftsoon
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of eftsoon
before 950; Middle English eftsone, Old English eftsōna. See eft 2, soon
Example Sentences
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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
Then sixty bold men made them ready eftsoon for Kriemhild's sake.
From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier
Then messengers were sent eftsoon to Siegmund, that he might know, and Siegelind, too, that his son would come with Lady Uta's child, Kriemhild, the fair, from Worms beyond the Rhine.
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
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