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horsc

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horsc, adj.
Quick, ready, active, valiant, applied generally to mental activity [cf. snel active : Icel. snjallr eloquent], wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted
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  • Horsc prudens, Cot, 191, Lye. Hwylc is hæleþa ðæs horsc and ðæs hygecræftig ðæt ðæt mǽge ásecgan

    who amongst men is so quick and cunning of mind as to be able to declare that,

      Exon. l01 a; Th. 380, 36; Rä. 2, 1.

  • Nis ǽnig ðæs horsc ne ðæs hygecræftig ðe ðín frumcyn mǽge fira bearnum sweotule geséðan, 11 a; Th. 15,

      24; Cri. 241.

  • Horsc and hreðergleáw herges wísa

    a guide of the host, prompt and prudent,

      Cd. 143; Th. 178, 17; Exod. 13.

  • On horscum wyllan

    by the quick-flowing [?] spring,

      Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 456, 15.

  • Þurh horscne hád

    through wisdom,

      Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 7; Cri. 49.

  • Módum horsce

    sagacious of mind,

    54 a;
      Th. 190, 12; Az. 72.

  • Horsce mé heredon hilde generedon feóndon biweredon

    the valiant praised me, from battle saved me, from foes defended me,

    94 a;
      Th. 353, 27; Reim. 19.
Etymology
[O. Sax. horsk (hugiskaft) : Icel. horskr wise : O. H. Ger. horsc alacer, celer, præproperus, volucer, promtus, sagax, v. Grff. iv. 1039-42.]
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v.  horsc-lic.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “horsc.” 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/19550.

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