brys.
speed, haste
Meaning & usage
speed, haste
urgency
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Celtic *bristi- (“haste”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰris-tis. Cognate with Irish bras (“swift”) and Latin festīnus (“swift”). Note also Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“rushed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē- (“seethe, toss about, cook”).
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