单词 | eftsoon |
释义 | † eftsooneftsoonsadv. Obsolete or archaic. 1. a. A second time, again. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > on two occasions, twice, or for a second time eftc825 eftsoonc1000 twicec1122 eft-sitha1300 secondly1382 twice1382 sere twicea1400 secondarilyc1475 eftersoonsc1540 secondarly1543 severallya1577 twicea1656 bis1877 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > fact of being second > [adverb] > for a second time, again eftc825 eftersoonsc950 eftsoonc1000 yetOE againOE once morelOE eft-sitha1300 againwardc1380 second1382 secondly1382 once againc1475 secondarilyc1475 secondarly1543 backwardly1552 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) x. 1 Þa comon eft menigu to him and..he hi lærde eft sona. c1300 St. Brandan 231 Gret travayl ȝou is to come er ȝe eftsone lond i-seo. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. v. 51 The Sarazines countrefeten it [sc. Bawme] be sotyltee of Craft..the Apotecaries countrefeten it eftsones. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 540 It is no nede forto write the same proof of resoun eftsoone here. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 266 It therfore needeth not now eftsones to be rehearsed. 1637 R. Ashley tr. V. Malvezzi Davide Perseguitato 166 Those other are seldom delivered out of their dangers but they returne eftsoones to their misdoings. b. quasi-adj. with verbal noun. ΚΠ 1571 [see sense 3]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Iteration..repetition..eftsoones-doing. 2. Indicating sequence or transition in discourse: Again, moreover, likewise. ΚΠ c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xviii. 19 Eft [c950 Lindisf. eft sona] ic eow secge.] c1175 Lamb. Hom. 133 Eft-sone godes word is icleped sed. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 7 Eftsone ure helendes on tocume þincð dieliche and grisliche all manne. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2417 So watȝ Adam in erde with one bygyled..& Samson eft-soneȝ. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2478 Then Elinus, eftesones, he drest hym to say. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 217 Vnlesse the party do eat some garlick before, and eftsoones in the gathering [of the white Ellebore] sup off some wine..it wil..offend the head. 3. Afterwards, soon afterwards. (The notion of ‘soon’, though apparently implied in the etymology, is not distinctly evidenced in early examples, and down to 17th cent. is sometimes absent; but in modern archaistic use the sense is commonly ‘forthwith, immediately’.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later sitheneOE aftereOE sithOE eftOE latterOE aftOE sithencea1170 sithrec1175 thereup?c1225 baftc1275 furtherc1290 eftsoon1297 therewithala1300 afterwardc1300 afterwardsc1300 soc1300 therewithc1369 eftersoonsa1400 suingly?a1425 at after1425 followingly?c1425 afterhand1438 syne1489 by posteriority1523 in sequel1524 still1526 later1527 subsequently1537 senthis?1553 lately1565 subsequent1568 behindc1600 sequelarly1600 posterior1628 in prosecutiona1641 subsequentiallya1683 artera1746 posteriorly1799 ulteriorly1818 later on1829 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 397 Anoþer gret mayster he slou, & efsone þe þrydde. 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 81 Hacon..praied him ȝit eftsonne To com tille Inglond. 14.. Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 78 Eft sone set hit one the fyre to hit boyle. 1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 12 If he do not accomplishe the order..to be eftsones taken and whipped. 1571 Act 13 Eliz. c. 12 If any Person Ecclesiastical shall not reuoke his errour, or after such reuocation eftsoones affirms such untrue doctrine..such eftsoones affirming shalbe iust cause to deprive such person, etc. 1598 Order Prayer in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 680 Those disloyal defections in Ireland..turned eftsoons into violent commotions. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xxi. 241 Toward Ephesus turne our blowne sayles, Eftsoones Ile tell thee why. View more context for this quotation 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 558 Henry the fourth Earle, efts-once honorably employed. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xxix Not one eftsoons in view was to be found. a1764 R. Lloyd Progr. Envy in Wks. (1774) I. 136 She wav'd it round: Eftsoons there did appear Spirits and witches. a1856 H. W. Longfellow Elected Knight vii Sir Oluf questioned the knight eftsoon. 1871 Sunday Mag. 118 They eftsoons fell down, as men very nigh dead. 4. From time to time, occasionally, repeatedly. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally whiloma900 whilea1000 stoundmealc1000 stundumOE otherwhileOE umquhile1154 with and withc1175 by stoundsa1225 otherwhilesc1225 umbestound?c1225 umbewhilec1230 then and thenc1275 sometime…sometime1297 umstounda1300 by while13.. over while13.. sometime1340 umbe throwea1350 at timesa1382 now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393 umbwhile1393 eftsoona1398 sometimea1400 by sithesc1400 umbestoundsc1400 from time to (formerly unto) time1423 now and (also or) then1445 ever now and nowa1470 when and whenc1470 occasionallya1475 in timesa1500 whiles?a1500 whilomsa1500 sometimes1526 somewhiles1528 at whiles1540 ever now and then1542 a-whiles1546 somewhiles…, somewhiles1547 at sometimes1548 now and thenc1550 ever and anon1558 by occasions1562 on (also upon) occasion1562 as soon…as soon1581 every now and then (also again)1642 by a time1721 once and a while1765 ever and again1788 periodically1825 in spots1851 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxliii. 1043 Þey [sc. wythies] mowe eftsoones be shrudde and ypared wiþoute a laddre. 1545 T. Raynald tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iii. sig. S Infyrmytees, which eftsones happen to Infantes in theyr infancie. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ix. xxxiii. 338 He eftsoons [L. identidem] rehearsed and reiterated the law Æmylia. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 64 Mavger, a name eftsoones vsed in the worshipfull family of Vavasors, Malgerius, in olde histories. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Eftsoone, souvent. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. vi. 30/2 Both these do happen eftsoones. 5. eftsoons as: as soon as. ΚΠ c1555 in Ridley's Wks. (1841) 256 Dr. Ridley..eftsoons as he had heard the cardinal named..put on his cap. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1365/1 Thother prysoner, who eftsones as he was placed, sayde to the Lordes. 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