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hræd-lícness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hræd-lícness, e; f.
Quickness, suddenness, rapidity, haste
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  • Ða micclan welan ðe hig ǽrhwílon áhton hé geseh on hrædlícnysse ealle gewítan

    the great riches that they formerly owned he saw all quickly pass away,

    • Guthl. 2
    • ;
    • Gdwin. 14, 23.
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  • hræd-lícness, n.