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swiftness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
swiftness, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§378;
Swiftness, fleetness, celerity
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  • Hwá unlǽredra ne wundraþ ðæs roderes færeldes and his swiftnesse,

      Bt. 39. 3; Fox 214, 16.

  • Dysig se ðe getrúwaþ on his horses swiftnesse,

      Ps. Th. 32, 15.

  • Hé swang ðone top mid swá micelre swiftnesse,

      Ap. Th. 13, 13.

  • Da óðre deór ðe mihton hire ætfleón þurh heora fóta swiftnysse,

      Homl. Ass. 63, 280.

  • Þurh ða swiftnysse (

    the rapidity of the moon's motion

    ),
      Lchdm. iii. 248, 4.

  • Uton behealdan ða wundorlícan swyftnysse ðære sáwle; heó hæfþ swá mycele swvftnysse, ðæt heó on ánre tíde besceáwaþ heofonan and ofer sǽ flýhþ,

      Homl. Skt. i. 1, 123.
Linked entries
v.  swiftu.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “swiftness.” 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/29788.

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  • swiftness, n.

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