Old English · adverb
sona
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈsoː.nɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈsoː · nɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- immediatelysoonstraightaway
Meaning
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immediately, straightaway
Hwæt ða nicostratus wearð swiðe afyrht þa ða he þæt wundor ge-seah on his wife gedon and feol adune sona to sebastianes fotum...
Then Nicostratus was greatly afraid, when he saw the miracle wrought on his wife, and immediately fell down at Sebastian's feet,...
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sānō. Related to Old Norse senn, Gothic (suns).
Descendants
soon
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