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sneóme

  • adverb
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sneóme, snióme; adv.
swiftly, rapidly
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  • His word yrneþ wundrum snióme

    velociter currit sermo ejus,

      Ps. Th. 147, 4.
quickly, immediately, at once
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  • Hét ófstlíce up ástandan . . . sneóme of slǽpe ðæm fæstan,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1589; An. 796: Exon. . Th. 55, 27; Cri. 890.
  • Hí semninga sneóme forwurdon

    subito defecerunt,

      Ps. Th. 72, 15: 106, 13.
  • Snióme,

      74, 7: 103, 33; 123, 2.
  • Swá heó sǽ geseah, hé hió snióme fleáh,

      113, 3.
  • Sniómor,

      Cd. Th. 51, 21; Gen. 830.
Etymology
[O. Sax. sniumo: O. H. Ger. sniumo velociter, cito, subito, statim; sniumor, citius: cf. Goth. sniumundó quickly; sniumjan to hasten.]
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  • sneóme, adv.