fljótr

fljótr
a. swift, speedy; neut., fljótt, as adv. swiftly, quickly; sem fljótast, as soon as possible, at once.
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adj. fleet, swift, of a horse, Flóv. 30: of a ship, Fs. 28, Fms. vi. 262.
β. metaph. ready, speedy; Ólafr var þess ekki fljótr, ok fór þó at bæn Bolla, Ld. 186.
II. neut. used adverb. fleetly, swiftly; nú lát við fljótt ok leita dyra, Fms. v. 147; svá fljótt, so soon, 168; sem fljótast, the soonest, at once, Fb. i. 539; þat fljótast sem þú getr, as soon as thou canst, Fms. iii. 94; fljótara, sooner, Dipl. v. 5.
2. metaph. promptly; hann tekr honum eigi fljótt, he received him coolly, Sd. 139; þeir tóku eigi fljótt undir þat, Fms. ii. 32.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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