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snell

  • adjective
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Grammar
snell, snel; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §426;
Quick, active, strong.
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  • Snel alacris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 75: 6, 50: expeditus, velox, fortis, 30, 17:

    explicitus, liber, efficatus,

      145, 35.

  • Snellne

    adultum,

      Hpt. Gl. 485, 25.
of rapid movement,
quick, rapid, swift
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  • Sum biþ on londe snel, féþe spédig,

      Exon. Th. 296, 17; Crä. 52.

  • Fareþ feþrum snell,

      206, 7; Ph. 123.

  • Snel,

      208, 29; Ph. 163.

  • Hé is snel and swift and swíðe leóht

    est levis et velox,

      220, 8; Ph. 317.

  • Wæterþissa snel,

      182, 2; Gú. 1304: Andr. Kmbl. 1009; An. 505.

  • Snelle

    veloces,

      Ps. Spl. T. 13, 6.

  • Férend snelle

    swift emissaries,

      Exon. Th. 246, 12; Jul. 60.

  • Se wæs mid his dǽdum snelra ðonne hé mægnes hæfde

    celeritate magis quam virtute fretus,

      Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 27.

  • Mé is snægl swiftra, snelra regnwyrm,

      Exon. Th. 426, 8; Rä. 41, 70.
active, prompt, ready, quick in action, bold. [Snell is given in Jamieson's Dictionary with the meanings, keen, severe; sharp (of the air); acute (of the mind); firm, determined. Also in Cumberland it is used of the wind]
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  • Se snella sunu Wonrédes,

      Beo. Th. 5934; B. 2971.

  • Mé sendon tó ðé sǽmen snelle,

      Byrht. Th. 132, 41; By. 29: Cd. Th. 191, 26; Exod. 220: Exon. Th. 296, 25; Crä. 56.

  • Snellra werod, cénra

    the band of the bold and the brave,

      Judth. Thw. 24, 21; Jud. 199.
Etymology
[Snel (strong, 2nd MS.) cniht wes Carric, Laym. 28860. O. Sax. snell bold, active: O. H. Ger. snell alacer, acer, agilis, strenuus, robustus, pernix: Icel. snjallr valiant, brave; ready of speech, eloquent.]
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v. swíð-snell.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “snell.” 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/28223.

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