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§5; §121; §165; §306; §560;
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within a short time,
with reference to a definite past or future time
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  • Hǽlend him tó cwæþ, 'Lóca nú'. . . Hé þá sóna instæpes geseh,

      Bl. H. 15, 27.

  • Þá cleopedon his ðegnas him tó . . . Hé him sóna ondwyrde, and him stiernlíce stiérde,

      Past. 197, 18.
in general statements in which the time reckoned from is indefinite
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  • Se líchama hine ná ne onstyreþ syþþan seó sáwl him of biþ; ac sóna hé molsnaþ,

      Bl. H. 21, 28.

  • Hine nǽnig mann mihte gebindan, ac sóna instæpe (

    continuo

    ) þá bendas tóslupan,
      Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 457, 15.
followed by eft, efter
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  • Hér Rómáne þǽm pápan, his tungon forcurfon and his eágan ástungon . . . and þá sóna eft Gode fultomiendum hé meahte geseón and sprecan,

      Chr. 797; P. 56, 12.

  • Sóna efter

    (statim iterum)

    se hona gesang,
      Mk. L. 14, 72.
(so) soon (as) , denoting 'at the very time or
moment when, whenever'
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  • Sóna ic þínes suna róde geseó, ic mid þám wiðsace þissere worulde,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 451.
  • Se gegyrla þe ic hæfde, sóna swá ic Iordanen oferfór, mid ealdunge tótorene forwurdon, 570.

  • Sóna swá ic anwóc, swá wilnode ic eft wínes,

      Past. 431, 17.

  • Sóna swá ic þé ǽrest geseah ðus murciende, ic ongeat ꝥ þú wǽre út áfaren of þínes fæder éþele,

      Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 27. v. eft-, efter- sóna.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sóna.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/58303.

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