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hréd-eádig

  • adjective
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Grammar
hréd-eádig, adj.
Glorious, noble, triumphant
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  • Biþ ðǽr his þegna eác hréðeádig heáp

    there too shall be a triumphant band of his servants,

    • Exon. 21 b
    • ;
    • Th. 58, 33
    • ;
    • Cri. 945.
  • Sum biþ on huntoþe hréðeádigra deóra drǽfend

    one is more famous in hunting, a chaser of wild beasts,

    • 78 b
    • ;
    • Th. 295,23
    • ;
    • Crä. 37.
    • [
    • Thorpe and Grem
    • take hréðeádigra as gen., but see
    • Th. 298, 1
    • ;
    • Crä. 78
    • for another comparative.
    ]
  • Hærfest biþ hréðeádegost hæleþum bringeþ géres wæstmas ða ðe him god sendeþ

    autumn is most glorious, it brings to man the fruits of the year which God sends them,

    • Menol. Fox 475
    • ;
    • Gn. C. 8.
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. hróðr-auðigr famous.
]
Full form

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  • hréd-eádig, adj.