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hraðe

  • adverb
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hraðe, hræðe, hreðe; adv.
Quickly, immediately, at once, soon, forthwith, straightway
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  • Gá hraðe on ða strǽta

    exi cito in plateas,

    • Lk. Skt. 14, 21: 16, 6.

  • Cúþ is ðætte hraðe Drihten ðæs ðe hé of ðam fulwihtes bæþe eode ðá fæstte hé sóna

    it is known that the Lord directly after he came from baptism at once fasted,

    • Blickl. Homl. 27, 23.

  • Ðá wæs hraðe geworden ðæt hé gelýfde

    then immediately it came to pass that he believed,

    • 153, 13.

  • Gif heó hraðe gǽþ

    if she walks quickly,

    • Lchdm. iii. 144, 8.

  • Hraðe æfter

    directly after,

    • Ps. Th. 59, 3.

  • Mé hraðe syððan gefultuma

    ad adjuvandum me festina,

    • 69, 1.

  • Tó hraðe

    too soon,

    • Bt. 3, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 23.

  • He wæs Godes bearn swá hraðe swá he mannes bearn wearþ

    he was the Son of God so soon as he became the Son of man,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 526, 1.

  • Swíðe hræðe

    repente,

    • Past. 21, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 166, 14.

  • Héton út hræðe æþeling lǽdan

    they bade quickly lead out the noble one,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2545
      • ;
    • An. 1274: 3039
      • ;
    • An. 1522.

  • Ðú ealne hræðe hefon ymbhwearfest

    rapido cælum turbine versas,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 4, 6
      • ;
    • Met. 4, 3.

  • Ðá wæs háten hreðe

    then was bidden straightway,

    • Beo. Th. 1986
      • ;
    • B. 991.

  • Hreðe siððan

    directly after,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 25, 94
      • ;
    • Met. 25, 47.

  • Ne scule gé hit nó ðý hraðor þurhteón

    none the sooner shall ye accomplish it,

    • Ps. Th. 4, 5: Cd. 212
      • ;
    • Th. 263, 2
      • ;
    • Dan. 756.

  • No hé fleótan meahte hraðor on holme

    not more swiftly than I could he float on the ocean,

    • Beo. Th. 1090
      • ;
    • B. 543.

  • Hí hogedon hú hí unriht hraðost ácwǽdon

    they considered how soonest they might utter iniquity,

    • Ps. Th. 72, 6.

  • Swá hwilc swá gearo wearþ hraðost

    whosoever was soonest ready,

    • Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Erl. 51, 3.

  • Hé árás swá hé hraðost meahte

    he arose as quickly as ever he could,

    • Exon. 49 a
      • ;
    • Th. 168, 24
      • ;
    • Gú. 1082.

  • And hraðost is tó cweðenne

    in short,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 60.

  • Ðæt is nú hraðost tó secganne.

    • Bt. 7
      • ;
    • Fox 60, 14.
      • [Cf. Icel. ok er þat skjótast af honum at segja.]
Etymology
[
Laym. Orm. A. R. Piers P. Chauc. raþe; compar. raþer
:
Icel. hratt quickly; superl. (sem) hraðast
:
O. H. Ger. hrado celeriter, protinus, continuo; compar. hrador; superl. hradost contissime.
]
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v.  hræde.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hraðe.” 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/19649.

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