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spédig

  • adjective
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spédig, adj.
having good speed, prosperous
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  • Him féran gewát Abraham wíde óð ðæt hé tó Siem com síðe spédig (

    prosperous in travel

    ], Cd. Th. 107, 3; Gen. 1783.
having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth
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  • Hé wæs swýðe spédig man on ðǽm ǽhtum ðe heora spéda on beóþ, ðæt is, on wildrum,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 8.

  • Ic ne eom swá spédig (

    dives

    ) ðæt ic mǽge bicgean mé wín,
      Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 17.

  • Of spé[digre], of gestreónfulre

    sumptuosa, copiosa.

      Hpt. Gl. 491, 4.
rich in, abounding in, abundant, copious
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  • Mundbora meahtum spédig

    a protector abundant in power (God ),

      Exon. Th. 143, 27; Gú. 667: 198, 14; Ph. 10: 305, 2; Fä. 82.

  • Wæstmum spédig,

      Cd. Th. 169, 19; Gen. 2802.

  • Mihtum spédge,

      101, 25; Gen. 1687.

  • Spédige,

      Ps. Th. 59, 5.
powerful (cf. ríce)
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  • Spédig

    potens,

      Ps. Lamb. 77, 65.

  • Hé on eorðan byþ eádig and spédig

    potens in terra erit,

      Ps. Th. 111, 2.
  • Se sunu wæs sigorfæst, mihtig and spédig, Rood Kmbl. 299; Kr. 151.

  • Mægena God, milde and spédig

    Deus virtutum,

      Ps. Th. 79, 14.

  • Dǽdum spédig,

      67, 18: 104, 7.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. spuotig uber, efficax, brevis.]
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v. ǽht-, féðe-, freónd-, gód-, gold-, heán-, land-, med-, þurh-, un-, wan-, wuldor-spédig.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “spédig.” 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/28433.

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