swift-footed

[ swift-foo t-id ]

/ ˈswɪftˈfʊt ɪd /

swift in running.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1590–1600

The greyhound can catch the hare; but is left a hopeless laggard by the swift-footed courser.
The Preacher of Cedar Mountain|Ernest Thompson Seton
His "commandment" or Word is personified, and compared to a swift-footed messenger.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume III|Alexander Maclaren
To each of their chariots were yoked two spotted deer and one swift-footed, never-wearying red deer as leader.
Indian Myth and Legend|Donald Alexander Mackenzie
But swift-footed Iris came from aegis-bearing Jove, a messenger to the Trojans, with a woeful announcement.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)|Homer

The Ṛigvedas also represents the ass of Indras as swift-footed.
Zoological Mythology, Volume I (of 2)|Angelo de Gubernatis