† alˈsoon, adv. Obs.
Also alsone, alsoone.
[= als soon, i.e. as soon, which is the modern form in sense 1; sense 2 is quite obs.]
See also as soon.
1. Followed by as: As soon. Cf. Fr. aussitôt que.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce x. 368 Alsoyn As this deuisit wes. 1434 Test. Ebor. II. 41 Alson as y⊇ saule be out of y⊇ boddy. 1579 Spenser Shep. Cal. July, Alsoone may shepheard clymbe to skye..As Goteheard prowd. |
2. absol. As soon as possible, at once, immediately. (Fr. aussitôt.)
| a 1300 Cursor M. 339 He..said wit word, and als son All his comament was don. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 4624 Þe grete dome sal noght be aftir alsone. 1375 Barbour Bruce v. 574 Iames of douglas..The presoners has tane alsone. c 1420 Sir Amadace lvii. (1842) 50 Alsone his lord he metes. |