eft

Etymology 1

From Middle English evete, from Old English efeta, of unknown origin.

noun

  1. A newt, especially the European smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus).
    How did he like it when the live creatures Tickled and toused and browsed him all over, And worm, slug, eft, with serious features Came in, each one, for his right of trover? 1844, Robert Browning, "Garden Fancies," II. Sibrandus Schafnaburgennis

Etymology 2

From Middle English eft, from Old English eft, æft, from Proto-West Germanic *afti, from Proto-Germanic *aftiz. Compare after, aft.

adv

  1. (obsolete) Again; afterwards
    And when they were all gone, / And the dim moon doth eft withhold the light,[…] 1557, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, The Fourth Book of Virgil

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