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Old English · adjective

hrædlic

Normalised hrǣdlīċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈxræːd.liːt͡ʃ/
[ˈr̥æːd.liːt͡ʃ]
Syllables
ˈxræːd · liːt͡ʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English
hastyspeedyquick

Meaning

  1. quick, hasty, sudden, speedy

    An. DCCCC.LXXVII Hēr wæs þæt myċċle ġemōt æt Kyrtlingtūne ofer Ēastron, ⁊ þǣr forðferde Sidemann bisċeop, on hrǣdlīċan dēaþe on II Kƚ. Mai. Sē wæs Defnasċire bisċeop ⁊ hē wilnode þæt his līcræst sċeolde bēon æt Cridiantūne æt his bisċeopstōle.

    Year 977 In this year there was a great assembly after Easter at Kirtlington. There passed away Bishop Sideman, with a sudden death on the calends of March. He was bishop of Devonshire, and he desired that his tomb should be at his palace in Crediton.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

All forms (12)

Etymology

By surface analysis, hrǣd (“fast, quick”) + -līċ

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