snell (original) (raw)

Quick, active, strong.

in following glosses

• Snel alacris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 75: 6, 50: expeditus, velox, fortis, 30, 17:
  explicitus, liber, efficatus,
  145, 35.
• Snellne
  adultum,
  Hpt. Gl. 485, 25.

of rapid movement,

quick, rapid, swift

• Sum biþ on londe snel, féþe spédig,
  Exon. Th. 296, 17; Crä. 52.
• Fareþ feþrum snell,
  206, 7; Ph. 123.
• Snel,
  208, 29; Ph. 163.
• Hé is snel and swift and swíðe leóht
  est levis et velox,
  220, 8; Ph. 317.
• Wæterþissa snel,
  182, 2; Gú. 1304: Andr. Kmbl. 1009; An. 505.
• Snelle
  veloces,
  Ps. Spl. T. 13, 6.
• Férend snelle
  swift emissaries,
  Exon. Th. 246, 12; Jul. 60.
• Se wæs mid his dǽdum snelra ðonne hé mægnes hæfde
  celeritate magis quam virtute fretus,
  Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 27.
• Mé is snægl swiftra, snelra regnwyrm,
  Exon. Th. 426, 8; Rä. 41, 70.

active, prompt, ready, quick in action, bold. [Snell is given in Jamieson's Dictionary with the meanings, keen, severe; sharp (of the air); acute (of the mind); firm, determined. Also in Cumberland it is used of the wind]

• Se snella sunu Wonrédes,
  Beo. Th. 5934; B. 2971.
• Mé sendon tó ðé sǽmen snelle,
  Byrht. Th. 132, 41; By. 29: Cd. Th. 191, 26; Exod. 220: Exon. Th. 296, 25; Crä. 56.
• Snellra werod, cénra
  the band of the bold and the brave,
  Judth. Thw. 24, 21; Jud. 199.

[Snel (strong, 2nd MS.) cniht wes Carric, Laym. 28860. O. Sax. snell bold, active: O. H. Ger. snell alacer, acer, agilis, strenuus, robustus, pernix: Icel. snjallr valiant, brave; ready of speech, eloquent.]

Bosworth, Joseph. “snell.” 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/28223.

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