† i-fusev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To cause to make haste, hasten, hurry.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move or cause to move swiftly in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > direct (one's way or steps) with haste > cause to move with haste
i-fuseOE
speeda1325
hastec1330
hasty?a1425
hasten?1537
press1611
hackney1617
scurry1850
shoot1895
OE Beowulf 217 Winde gefysed flota.
OE Exodus 54 Fyrd wæs gefysed, from se ðe lædde, modig magoræswa, mægburh heora.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11040 He wolde hine ifusen. to ane bare walme.
2. intransitive. To make haste, to hasten.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed
rempeOE
fuseOE
rakeOE
hiec1175
i-fusec1275
rekec1275
hastec1300
pellc1300
platc1300
startc1300
buskc1330
rapc1330
rapec1330
skip1338
firk1340
chase1377
raikc1390
to hie one's waya1400
catchc1400
start?a1505
spur1513
hasten1534
to make speed1548
post1553
hurry1602
scud1602
curry1608
to put on?1611
properate1623
post-haste1628
whirryc1630
dust1650
kite1854
to get a move on1888
to hump it1888
belt1890
to get (or put) one's skates on1895
hotfoot1896
to rattle one's dags1968
shimmy1969
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14445 Forð heo iuusden.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 253 An horsen & an foten forð heo ifusten [c1300 Otho fusde].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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