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of quick movement,
with verbs of motion
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  • Hræðe gangaþ

    cito euntes,

      Mt. R. L. 28, 7.

  • Hié eódun hraþe of byrgenne,

      Mt. R. 28, 8.

  • Þú hræðe (cf. on hrædum færelde,

      Bt. 4; F. 6, 31) hefon ymbhwearfest, Met. 4, 3.

  • Giurnun twoege somen and ðe óðer ðegn hraðor (hraður, L.

    citius

    ) arn ðon
      Petre, Jn. R. 20, 4.

  • Hwearf þá tó healle swá hé hraðost meahte, þæt hé ofer his ealdre gestód,

      Az. 166.
of quick movement of the body
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  • Hió ðæt gihérde árás hræðe (raþe, W. S.

    cito

    ),
      Jn. 11, 29.

  • Hraðe (

    with a quick movement

    ) heó æðelinga ánne hæfde fæste befangen,
      B. 1294.
in respect to time, where the relation of the time of a circumstance to a fixed point of time is given.
immediately, straightway, at once
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  • Ðá ongann hé sueriga . . . And hraeðe (hræðe, R.

    continuo

    ) hona gesang,
      Mt. L. 26, 74.

  • Hræðe (hraðe,

      R.), 13, 20: 27, 48.

  • Heá hraðe (

    statim

    ) forleorton netta,
      4, 22: Mt. p. 1, 8.

  • Mið ðý wæs gefulwad hraðe (hræþe, R.

    confestim

    ),
      Mt. L. 3, 16.

  • Hraðe,

      21, 3.

  • Mid þí hé þus cwæð, hraþe sió onlícnes sendde mycel wæter þurh hiore múþ,

      Bl. H. 245, 24: 19, 30.

  • Þá ongeat hé hraðe ꝥ . . .,

      Gen. 1474: Dan. 242: Jud. 37.

  • Ne þæt hé yldan þóhte, ac hé geféng hraðe rinc,

      B. 740: El. 669.

  • Wæs him swíðe hraðe geandwyrd

    respondetur protinus,

      Past. 443, 23.
within a short time, soon, without delay
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  • Beó þú onbúgende þínum wiþerwinnan hraðe (

    cito

    ), þá hwíle þe þú eart on wege mid him,
      Mt. 5, 25.

  • Hreðe,

      Ps. Srt. 36, 2.

  • Ꝥ ðú wyrces dó hræðe (

    citius

    ),
      Jn. L. 13, 27.

  • Hræðe (

    statim

    ) úp iornende wæs,
      Mk. R. L. 4, 5.

  • Hraðe (hræðe, v. l.) sóna þæs æfterfylgendan wóles

    mox subsequentis pestilentiae,

      Bd. 4, 1; Sch. 334, 12.

  • Ic ne mæg hit nú swá hraþe ásingan

    hanc oportet paullisper differas voluptatem,

      Bt. 39, 4; F. 218, 8.

  • Þænne wangas hraðe blóstmum blówað,

      Men. 90: B. 224: Met. 13, 31.

  • Ðǽm mæg beón suíðe hraðe (hræde, v. l.) geholpen

    quibus citius succuritur,

      Past. 225, 22.

  • Ðá gecýðde hé swíðe hræðe æfter ðǽm

    paulo post adjunxit,

      465, 18.

  • Sume hé bereáfaþ hiora welan swíðe hraþe þæs ðe hí ǽrest gesǽlige weorþaþ

    some he strips of their wealth very soon after they have begun to be fortunate,

      Bt. 39, 11; F. 228, 22.

  • Ful hræðe ðæs

    paulo post,

      22, 1; S. 50, 11.

  • Ðæt wé magon ongitan hræðor bi úrum ágnum gewunan

    quod citius ex ipso usu colligimus,

      Past. 411, 15.

  • Árás þá eorla wynn swá hé hraðost meahte (

    as soon as his weariness would permit

    ),
      Gú. 1082.
where action or process goes on rapidly
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  • Hrægle gelíc þe hraðe ealdað,

      Ps. Th. 108, 19.

  • Weaxaþ swíþe hraþe feldes blósman,

      Bt. 9; F. 26, 18.

  • Hraður þonne ic mæge án word gecweþan

    dicto citius,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 2.

  • Þǽr þǽr hit gefrét ꝥ hit hraþost weaxan mæg and latost wealowigan,

      Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 22.
suddenly
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  • Swíðe hræðe for sumum ungesǽlðum tó ungemetlíce unblíðe

    eum repente tristitia oborta immaniter deprimit,

      Past. 455, 9.
readily
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  • Hraþe ultro (Christus contritis corde

    ultro

    miserescit,
      Ald. 58, 8), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 65.
  • ¶ Þý hraþor the rather, the sooner.
in respect to time
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  • Mon mæg ðý hraðor ðára reáfera gítsunga gestillan, gif . . .

    citius raptorum avaritia corrigitur, si . . .,

      Past. 333, 13.
(all none)
the more for this reason, on this account
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  • Þeáh hí eówre sín, ne þincþ eów nó þý hraþor (raþor,

    v. l.

    ) heora genóh,
      Bt. 13: F. 38, 31: 30, 1; F. 108, 9, 11: 32, 2; F. 116, 25: 33, 2; F. 124, 24.

  • Hræþor (hraþor,

    v. l.

    ),
      41, 4; F. 252, 3.

  • Þeáh man deádne mannan mid reáfe bewinde, ne áríst þæt reáf ná ðe hraðor eft mid þám men,

      Hml. Th. i. 224, 6.

  • Ꝥ hé sumne rǽd funde ꝥ þe hraðor nǽre heora gemynd ádýlegod,

      Hml. S. 29, 196.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. rathe; adv., rather; adv.]
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v. for-hraþe, raþe.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hraþe.” 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/53117.

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