Both Uses
forthwith
in
Beowulf
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- Out then spake Hrothgar; for he to the hall went,
By the staple a-standing the steep roof he saw
Shining fair with the gold, and the hand there of Grendel:
For this sight that I see to the All-wielder thanks
Befall now forthwith, for foul evil I bided,
All griefs from this Grendel; but God, glory's Herder, 930
Wonder on wonder ever can work.†*forthwith = immediately - But forthwith the drake did they shove, 3130
The Worm, o'er the cliff-wall, and let the wave take him,
The flood fathom about the fretted works' herd.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(forthwith) immediately -- (most typically seen in legal documents, formal use, or classic literature)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)