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FÚS

  • adjective
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Grammar
FÚS, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§113; §286; §426;
Ready, prepared, prompt, quick, eager, hastening, prone, inclined, willing, ready for death, dying; promptus, cĕler, părātus, prōnus, cŭpĭdus, propĕræ morti devōtus, mŏrĭbundus
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  • Se ðe stód fús on faroþe

    he who stood ready on the beach,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 509
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    • An. 255: Exon. 126 b
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    • Th. 487, 7
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    • Rä. 72, 24: Byrht. Th. 139, 68
    • ;
    • By. 281.
  • He ferde siððan swíðe fús to Rome

    he, being very quick, afterwards went to Rome,

    • Ælfc. T. 30, 8: Cd. 23
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    • Th. 28, 28
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    • Gen. 443: 147
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    • Th. 184, 6
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    • Exod. 103.
  • Ic eom síþes fús

    I am ready for the journey,

    • Beo. Th. 2955
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    • B. 1475: Elen. Kmbl. 2436
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    • El. 1219: Exon. 58 b
    • ;
    • Th. 212, 10
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    • Ph. 208.
  • Is him fús hyge

    their mind is ready for death,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3327
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    • An. 1666.
  • Ealle ða gemoniaþ módes fúsne

    all these admonish the prompt of mind,

    • Exon. 82 a
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    • Th. 309, 1
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    • Seef. 50
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    • Andr. Kmbl. 3307
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    • An. 1656.
  • Ðú me fúsne frignest

    thou askest me dying,

    • Exon. 50 b
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    • Th. 175, 27
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    • Gú. 1201: 49 b
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    • Th. 171, 22
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    • Gú. 1130.
  • Geseah ic ðæt fúse beácen wendan wǽdum and bleóm

    I saw the hastening beacon change in hangings and colours,

    • Rood Kmbl. 42
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    • Kr. 21.
  • Gesáwon randwígan segn ofer sweóton, fús on forþweg

    the warriors saw the sign over the bands, hastening on its onward way,

    • Cd. 148
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    • Th. 185, 27
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    • Exod. 129.
  • Wǽron æðelingas eft to leódum fúse to farenne

    the nobles were ready to go again to their people,

    • Beo. Th. 3614
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    • B. 1805: Cd. 151
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    • Th. 190, 9
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    • Exod. 196.
  • Ic of fúsum rád

    I rode from the ready [men ],

    • Exon. 130 a
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    • Th. 498, 28
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    • Rä. 88, 8.
Etymology
[
Orm. fus eager
:
Laym. fuse, pl. prompt, ready
:
O. Sax. fús inclined, ready
:
O. H. Ger. funs prōnus, promptus
:
Dan. fuse to rush forth
:
Icel. fúss willing, wishing for.
]
Derived forms
bealo-fús, ellor-, grand-, hell-, hin-, út-, wæl-
Full form

Word-wheel

  • FÚS, adj.