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raðe

  • adverb
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raðe, (aspirated and unaspirated forms occur, and each can alliterate; the two forms are given separately. v. hraðe); adv.
Quickly, soon, at once, directly, without hesitation
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  • Raðe ilico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 68 :

    ocius,

      64, 47.

  • Ræðe

    ultro,

      90, 8.

  • Heó nam raðe (

    cito

    ) hyre wǽfels,
      Gen. 24, 65.

  • Cwelle hig man raðe (

    statim

    ),
      L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 1.

  • Ðæt hine mon slóge swá raðe swá mon hiora fiénd wolde

    that they should kill him as soon (with as little compunction) as they would their enemies,

      Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 52, 35.

  • Ða men wǽron swá raðe deáde swá ðæt yfel him an becom,

      4, 5; Swt. 166, 7.

  • Raðe ðæs

    directly afterwards,

      3, 10; Swt. 138, 33.

  • Héht lífes brytta leóht forþcuman ofer rúmne grund; raðe wæs gefylled heáhcininges hǽs,

      Cd. Th. 8, 13; Gen. 123 : 95, 26; Gen. 1584 : Exon. Th. 93, 15; Cri. 1526 : Beo. Th. 1453; B. 724.

  • Ðæs cymþ raðor

    iste egredietur prius,

      Gen. 38, 28.

  • Ne þincþ eów nó ðý raðor (

    none the sooner

    ) heora genóh,
      Bt. 13; Fox 38, 31 : 30, 1; Fox 108, 9.

  • Nán man hit náh tó geáhnianne raðost þinga (

    at the earliest

    ), ǽr syx mónþum æfter ðam ðe hit forstolen wæs,
      L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 13.

  • Swá ðæt cild raðost ǽnig þing specan mǽge

    as soon as ever the child can speak,

      Wulfst. 39, 8.

  • Ðonne mágon wé hí swá raðosð (

    in the quickest manner possible

    ) tó ryhte gecierran,
      Past. 32; Swt. 209, 21.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “raðe.” 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/25587.

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