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hrædlíce

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of quick movement.
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  • 'Farað hrædlíce (

    cito

    )' . . . Ðá férdon hig hrædlíce,
      Mt. 28, 7, 8.

  • Cume ðonne án spearwa and hrædlíce (

    citissime

    ) ꝥ hús þurhfleó,
      Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 23.

  • Mid hræs geeáde all sunes ðerh hrædlíce ł oefestlíce in sǽ

    impetu abiit totus grex per praeceps in mare,

      Mt. L. 8, 32.

  • Árís hræðlíce

    surge velociter,

      Rtl. 58, 9.

  • Hreód wrít[eres] hreðlíce wrítendes,

      Ps. Srt. 44, 2.
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  • Hrædlíce cursum (l. cursim, v. Ald. 202, 15,

    cursim

    festinat credere Christo),
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 15.
promptly, actively
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  • Hrædlíce naviter (qui laboriosi certaminis coronam viribus

    naviter

    nanciscuntur,
      Ald. 2, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 58.
in respect to time at which action takes place
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  • Hræd[líce]

    quantotius,

      An. Ox. 56, 321: B. 963.
immediately after a point of time fixed by the occurrence of an action or defined by an adverb,
directly, straightway, at once
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  • Ðá ætsóc hé . . . And hrædlíce (

    continuo) þá creów se cocc (immediately the cock crew ),

      Mt. 26, 74.

  • Hrædlíce

    confestim,

      21, 3.

  • Úp ásprung[n]um leóman hrædlíce geondgeótað

    exorto iubare extimplo diffundunt,

      An. Ox. 89.
  • Rædlíce, 3676.

  • Hé him word onsende, þurh þæt hí hrædlíce hǽlde wǽron,

      Ps. Th. 106, 19.

  • Hwearf hé þá hrædlíce,

      B. 356.

  • Arís nú hrædlíce,

      An. 938: 1507: El. 1087.
soon, within a short or reasonable time, without delay
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  • Nis hit him nó swá longe áléfed swá þé ðyncþ, ac ðú miht ongitan ꝥ him biþ swíþe hrædlíce gestýred hiora orsorgnesse,

      Bt. 38, 2; F. 196, 23: C. D. iv. 87, 11: Ll. Th. i. 334, 35: Bl. H. 107, 14.

  • Gehýr mé hrædlíce and mé help freme

    velociter exaudi me,

      Ps. Th. 68, 17: 142, 6: Cri. 263.

  • Hredlíce,

      Ps. Srt. 36, 2.

  • Tídlícor, hrædlícor maturius (ut disputatio

    maturius

    terminetur,
      Ald. 77, 29), Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 24.

  • Uton habban úre mód úp swá swá wé yfemest mægen wið ðæs heán hrófes þæs héhstan andgites ꝥ þú mæge hrædlícost cumon tó þínre ágenre cýððe,

      Bt. 41, 5; F. 254, 17.
(too) soon, without (sufficient)
delay
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  • Ðæt gé nó tó hrædlíce ne sién ástyrede from gewitte

    ut non cito moveamini a vestro sensu,

      Past. 213, 16: 220, 12.

  • Míne sǽlþa . . . náne sǽlþa ne sint, for ðám hí swá hrædlíce gewítaþ,

      Bt. 10; F. 26, 28: Bl. H. 21, 11.

  • Manige men lustlíce gehýraþ, and þeáh hrædlíce forgytaþ,

      55, 26.

  • Ne hádige man ǽfre wudewan tó hrædlíce,

      Ll. Th. i. 416, 16.
in respect to time during which action continues,
quickly, shortly, briefly
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  • Hý wǽron gebrytte swá hrædlíce swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycð,

      Ps. Th. 47, 6.

  • Be þám æfteran is hrædlíce tó witanne

    de secundo breuiter intimandum est,

      Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 469, 13.

  • And þæt ic hrædlíce cweðe

    ut enim breuiter dicam,

      5, 8; Sch. 587, 13: 5, 12; Sch. 612, 15.
suddenly, unexpectedly
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  • Fǽringa, hrædlíce

    inprovisu,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 41.

  • Hú hrædlíce se fǽrlica deáð hié bereáfode . . . Ðeáh hí hit hrædlíce ætsomne ne gestriéndon

    quibus festina mors repente et simul abstulit, quidquid eorum nequitia nec simul nec repente congregavit,

      Past. 332, 16-18.

  • Hrædlíce perniciter (catechumeni cadaver, quem fortunae ferocitas

    perniciter

    oppresserat (cf. hé swá fǽrlíce swealt,
      Hml. Th. ii. 504, 25), Ald. 30, 26), 78, 79.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. rathely.]
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v. for-hrædlíce.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hrædlíce.” 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/53087.

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