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  • Hraed, hrad percitus, Txts. 85, 1539:

    perpes,

      87, 574.
  • Hraeðe

    propero,

      89, 1675.
of rapid movement, v. hrædlic;
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  • Swá hrædlíce swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycð,

      Ps. Th. 47, 6.
  • Eal swá earn þonne hé mid hrædum flyhte wyle forð áfleón,

      Nic. 14, 36.
  • Heora hors mid swá hræde ryne (

    tanto cursu

    ) þá eá oferférdon, efne swá seó eá in hire nǽnigne wætres streám hæfde,
      Gr. D. 15, 31.
  • Hrædne gang

    rapidum (i. uelocem) gressum,

      An. Ox. 50, 43.
  • Ðá hradan

    perpeti praepeti

    volatu,
      Ald. 22, 6), Wt. Voc. ii. 77, 74.
  • Hradum prepedibus (praefectibus catervis, Ald. 136, 27), 88, 78. I a. fig. to denote prompt action :-- Hred festinus (qui

    festinus

    est pedibus offendet,
      Prov. 19, 2), Kent. Gl. 663.
  • Hrede (

    veloces

    ) foet heara tó ágeótenne blód,
      Ps. Srt. 13, 3.
quick in respect to time.
not lasting long. Cf. hræd-lic;
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  • Þeáh ðe gýt wǽre óðer þúsend geára tó ðám dæge, nǽre hit langsum; for ðan swá hwæt swá geendað, þæt bið sceort and hræd,

      Hml. Th. i. 618, 28.
  • On manegum landun tilð bið redre ðonne on óðrum, ge yrðe tíma hrædra ge mǽda rædran,

      Angl. ix. 259, 8-11.
that comes without delay, speedy. v. hræd-lic;
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  • Hym byþ hræd bót (cf. sóna bið sél, 18),

      Lch. i. 354, 11.
of prompt action.
by persons
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  • Gemedema hræd beón ongebróht úrum breóste

    dignare promptus ingeri nostro pectori,

      Hy. S. 10, 6.
  • Ðá ðe bióð tó late . . . ðá ðe bióð tó hrade

    pigri . . . praecipites,

      Past. 281, 17.
  • Hræde, 176, 1. (1 a) where the kind of action is given,

    prompt to do (tó), prompt in (on), ready with (mid) a matter :-- Suiðe hræd (velox )

    tó gehieránne and suíðe læt tó sprecenne,
      Past. 281, 5.
  • Hræd tó singienne

    ad peccandum ualde procliua,

      Chrd. 54, 22.
  • Ne tó hræd ne tó stíð tó ðǽre wrace,

      Past. 79, 11.
  • Eáðe and hræd on hlehtre

    facilis ac promptus in risu,

      R. Ben. 30, 9.
  • Þú wǽre hrædra tó his fultume þonne hé wénde,

      Ps. Th. 20, 3.
  • Hræd tó yfle

    prona in malum,

      Chrd. 54, 31.
  • Ic lǽre ꝥ þú beó hrædra mid hreówlicum teárum,

      Dóm. L. 75.
applied to things
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  • Ræddre anwealhnysse

    strenuę integritatis,

      An. Ox. 2343.
of mental quickness (cf. hræd-sprǽce), Crä. 73 (
in Dict.).
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. rad.]
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v. flán-hræd, frǽ-hræd.
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