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Not long after, in olden times
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eftsoons
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. 1 (context obsolete English) once again; another time. (11th-17th c.) 2 (context now archaic English) Soon after, presently. (from 13th c.)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Eftsoons is an album by American avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Hal Russell with Mars Williams recorded in 1981 and originally released on the Nessa label.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eftsoon \Eft*soon"\, Eftsoons \Eft*soons"\, adv. [OE. eftsone, eftsones; AS. eft + s[=o]na soon. See Eft , and Soon .] Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily. [Archaic] And, if he fall from his capel [horse] eftsone. --Chaucer. The champion stout ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
obsolete or archaic way of saying "soon afterward," from Old English eftsona "a second time, repeatedly, soon after, again," from eft "afterward, again, a second time" (from Proto-Germanic *aftiz , from PIE root *apo- "off, away;" see apo- ) + sona "immediately" ...
Usage examples of eftsoons.
Which hearing young Stephen was a marvellous glad man and he averred that he who stealeth from the poor lendeth to the Lord for he was of a wild manner when he was drunken and that he was now in that taking it appeared eftsoons.