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ge-rǽde

  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-rǽde, adj.
Ready, swift, prompt, easy, plain, simple; paratus, celer, promptus, expeditus, planus, simplex
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  • He gedyde míne fét swá gerǽde swá swá heorotum

    qui perfecit pedes meos [celeres] tanquam cervi,

      Ps. Th. 17, 32.
  • Ge meterfers, ge gerǽdre sprǽce

    et versibus heroicis, et simplici oratione,

      Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 13: 5, 18; S. 636, 6; Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 27.
Etymology
[Icel. greiðr ready, free: cf. North. E. gradely.]
Similar entries
v. rǽde, ge-rád.
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  • ge-rǽde, adj.