Yrða

bráðr

lýsingarorð
, brátt, [ bråd; brad; bráð], sudden, hasty: the law phrase, b. bani, a sudden, violent death, 99, v. 289, 585 (of suicide); b. atburðr, a sudden accident, x. 328: hot-tempered, eager, rash, bráð er barn-æskan (a proverb), 75; b. barns-hugir, id., Fr.; b. í skaplyndi, 16, 21; þú hefir verið hölzi b. (too eager, too rash), í þessu máli, 13; b. ok ákafr, rash and headlong, ix. 245; b. hestr, a fiery horse, i. 743.
II. brátt, bráðum, and bráðan used , soon, shortly; þá var brátt drukkinn einmenningr, 551; brátt fanst þat á, it could soon be seen that …, 147; vánu bráðara ( spe citius), (, vonum b.), very soon, in a very short time, xi. 115; sem bráðast, as soon as possible, the sooner the better, 534: the phrase, e-t berr bráðum (or bráðan) at, a thing happens of a sudden, with the notion of surprise, 361; en öllum féllusk hendr ( were startled), at bráðan bar at, as it came so suddenly, ii. 152, 50.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
  • neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • cp.compare.
  • allit.alliteration, alliterative.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • adverb.adverbially.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • mod.modern.
  • i. e.id est.
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