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hræd

  • adjective
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Grammar
hræd, hræð, hreð; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§425;
Quick, swift, speedy, sudden, alert, rapid, prompt, active
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  • Hræd oððe glæd

    agilis:

    hræddre

    agilior:

    ealra hrædost

    agillimus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
      • ;
    • Som. 5, 6.

  • Hræd oððe glæd

    alacer,

    • 9, 18
      • ;
    • Som. 9, 66.

  • Tó hræd ierre

    præceþs ira,

    • Past. 13, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 79, 14, 11.

  • Worda tó hræd,

    • Exon. 88 a
      • ;
    • Th. 330, 13
      • ;
    • Vy. 50.

  • Sum biþ hræd tæfle

    one is quick at games of chance,

    • 79 a
      • ;
    • Th. 297, 25
      • ;
    • Crä. 73.

  • Ðæt wæs hræd ǽrendraca se tylode tó secganne hys ǽrndunge ǽr ðon ðe hé lyfde

    that was a quick messenger, who strove to tell his message before he lived,

    • Shrn. 95, 20.

  • Se gást is hræd

    spiritus promptus est,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 41.

  • Níþ godes hreð [hréð ?] of heofonum

    God's anger swift from heaven,

    • Cd. 206
      • ;
    • Th. 255, 6
      • ;
    • Dan. 620.

  • Hræd and unlæt,

    • Exon. 113 b
      • ;
    • Th. 436, 9
      • ;
    • Rä. 54, 11.

  • Ðú ðe on hrædum færelde ðone heofon ymbhweorfest

    qui rapido cælum turbine versas,

    • Bt. 4
      • ;
    • Fox 6, 31.

  • On hræde sprǽce

    in prosam,

    • Bd. 5, 23
      • ;
    • S. 648, 22.

  • Hræde weámetta

    sudden sadnesses,

    • L. I. P. 10
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 318, 32.

  • Hrade [MS. T. hræþe; Ps. Th. hraðe] fót heora tó ágeótenne blód

    veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem,

    • Ps. Spl. 13, 6.

  • Ða hradan ðonne sint tó manianne

    præcipites admonendi sunt,

    • Past. 39, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 281, 20.

  • Mé is fenýce fóre hreðre is ðæs gores sunu gonge hrædra

    more swift than I is the fen-frog in its course, the son of dirt [beetle] is more rapid in its walk,

    • Exon. 111 a
      • ;
    • Th. 426, 9-12
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 71-2.
Etymology
[
Icel. hraðr swift, fleet
:
O. H. Ger. hrat, hrad velox.
]
Linked entries
v.  hræð hreþ.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hræd.” 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/19597.

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