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where there is prompt or rapid movement.
of a person
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  • Hé fús gewát from his ágenum hofe Isaac lǽdan,

      Gen. 2869.

  • Þǽr fúse feorran cwóman tó þám æðelinge,

      Kr. 57.

  • Hé gemétte Hingwar mid eallre his fyrde fúse tó Eádmunde (

    hurrying to Edmund

    ),
      Hml. S. 32, 96.
of a material object
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  • Woruldcandel scán, sigel súðan fús,

      B. 1966.
  • Sceaft . . . feðergearwum fús, 3119.
of a non-material thing personified
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  • Cóm ofer foldan fús síðian mǽre mergen þridda,

      Gen. 154.
ready to go,
eager to act
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  • Sum munuc . . . mid gemáglicum bénum gewilnode ꝥ hé móste of ðám munuclífe . . . Ðá ðá hé swá fús wæs (cf. his swíðlice geornes,

      Gr. D. 156, 6), Hml. Th. ii. 176, 18.

  • Rád Iulianus mid mycelra fyrdunge swíðe fús tó wíge,

      Hml. S. 3, 207.

  • Ðá wæs here fús forðwegas,

      Exod. 248.
  • II a. of an animal :-- See
where the movement or readiness refers to departure from this world
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  • Beór*-*scealca sum fús and fǽge,

      B. 1241.

  • Fród and fús,

      El. 1237.

  • Fús sceal féran, fǽge sweltan,

      Gn. Ex. 27.

  • Of líce is gǽst swíðe fús,

      Gú. 1273.

  • Hé his gǽst ágeaf on Godes wære, fús on forðweg,

      Men. 218: Gú. 918.
  • Ic eom síðes fús úpeard niman, 1050.
  • Fúsne on forðsíð, 1121.
eager for an object (gen. )
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  • Hýðweard gearo, sé þe ǽr lange tíd leófra manna fús æt færoðe feor wlátode,

      B. 1916.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fús.” 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/46667.

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