† eftersoonsadv.
Obsolete.
a. Again.
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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
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
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark x. 1 Gesomnadon efter sona menigo to him and eftersona [he] lærde hia.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7424 Ector eftirsons ettlyt on Achilles.
b. Soon after, presently.
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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
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4241 Vn-til egipte þai haue him [sc. Joseph] broght, þar he was eftursons saald.
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