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spéd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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spéd, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§129; §390; §563;
Speed, success, means. The word is found in the following glosses
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  • Spoed proventus, praeventus, Txts. 88, 815: successus, 96, 940:

    praesidium,

      89, 1648.
  • Spéd

    proventus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 25: ii. 68, 44.
  • Ðeós spéd

    haec ops,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 56; Zup. 67, 18.
  • Spéde

    facultatem,

      Hpt. Gl. 437, 40.
  • Spédum

    successibus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 56.
speed, quickness; spédum
speedily, quickly
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  • Gewiton him ædre æfter ðære sprǽce spédum féran,

      Cd. Th. 144, 32; Gen. 2398.
  • Spédum sægde eorlum Abimeleh egesan geðreád Waldendes word,

      161, 19; Gen. 2667.
  • Him ða bróðor þrý spédum miclum (

    very speedily

    ) hǽldon hygesorge heardum wordum,
      122, 30; Gen. 2034.
    [Waterrstræm erneþþ towarrd te sæ wiþþ mikell sped ȝiff þatt itt nohht ne letteþþ, Orm. 18094.]
speed (as in good speed),
success, prosperous issue
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  • Ðæt mínre sprǽce spéd folgie

    that success may attend my speech,

      Ps. Th. 55, 4.
  • Heó (Sarah) ne gelýfde ðæt ðære sprǽce spéd folgode

    she did not believe that any happy result would follow those words, did not believe that she should have a son,

      Cd. Th. 144, 4; Gen. 2384.
  • Hit ne becymþ eów ná tó nánre spéde

    vobis non cedet in prosperum,

      Num. 14, 41.
  • Ðær rícxaþ sib mid spéde

    peace and happiness reign there,

      Dóm. L. 267.
  • On spéd

    successfully, to purpose, with effect,

      Beo. Th. 1750; B. 873: Exon. Th. 387, 28; Rä. 5, 12.
  • Swá wit him an spéd sprecaþ

    we shall speak so as to convince him,

      Cd. Th. 36, 21; Gen. 575.
  • Ic on ðínre hǽlo hyldo sóhte and on ðínre sprǽce spéd sóðfæste

    in salutari tuo, et in eloquio justitiae tuae,

      Ps. Th. 118, 123.
  • Wíges spéd

    success in war,

      Exon. Th. 42, 16; Cri. 673.
  • Æt wigge spéd, sigor æt sæcce,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2362; El. 1182.
  • Hié ðære spǽce spéd ne áhton

    the people at Babel had no advantage from speech,

      Cd. Th. 101, 23; Gen. 1686.
  • Se ðe him dóm forgeaf, spówende spéd (

    good speed

    ).
      246, 14; Dan. 479.
  • Æt ðam spereníðe spéde lǽnan,

      124, 8; Gen. 2059: 187, 19; Exod. 153.
means, substance, abundance, wealth
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  • Spéd ł dǽl mín ðú eart

    portio mea es,

      Ps. Lamb. 118, 57: 141, 6.
  • Spéd

    substantia,

      Ps. Spl. 38, 7, 11: 68, 2: Ps. Th. 88, 40.
  • His meahta spéd

    the abundance of his powers,

      Exon. Th. 240, 18; Ph. 640.
  • Hé is mægna spéd,

      Cd. Th. 1, 6; Gen. 3.
  • Wilna gehwilces weaxende spéd

    a growing abundance of every thing to be desired,

      100, 7; Gen. 1660.
  • Ic on mínre heortan hýdde georne ðæt ic ðínre sprǽce spéd gehealde

    in corde meo abscondi eloquia tua,

      Ps. Th. 118, 11: 38.
  • Tubal Cain þurh snytro spéd smiðcræftega wæs

    Tubal Cain was a workman cunning through wealth of wisdom,

      Cd. Th. 66, 14; Gen. 1084.
  • Metod tóbrǽd þurh his mihta spéd monna sprǽce,

      102, 6; Gen. 1696: 306, 23; Sat. 668: Exon. Th. 225, 25; Ph. 394.
  • Hé ús giefeþ ǽhta spéd, welan ofer wíd lond,

      38, 10; Cri. 604.
  • Hwǽr sind spéda rícera 3 M 2

    ubi sunt opes potentam,

      Wülck. Gl. 253, 38: Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 8.
  • Eorðan spéda, Soul Kmbl. 154; Seel. 77.
  • Ðínre sprǽce spéde

    eloquia tua,

      Ps. Th. 118, 172.
  • Ða ðe ðære mycelnesse hiora spéda gylpaþ

    qui multitudine abundantiarum suarum gloriabuntur,

      48, 6.
  • Ðú on ðínes mægenes mihte spédum sǽ gesettest

    tu confirmasti in virtute tua mare,

      73, 13.
  • Óðre him of hyra spédum (

    de facultatibus suis

    ) þénedon,
      Lk. Skt. 8, 3.
  • Mid eallum hira spédum ðe hig hæfdon

    cum universa substantia eorum quam habebant,

      Deut. 11, 6.
  • 'Redemptio animae propriae divitiae' ... wé sceoldon mid úrum spédum úrum sáulum ða écan gesǽlinesse begitan, Chart. Th. 124, 27.
  • Mé ðín sprǽc spédum (richly, abundantly] cwycade

    eloquium tuum vivificavit me,

      Ps. Th. 118, 50.
  • Ealle mynstres fata and spéde hé sceal beseón

    omnia uasa monasterii cunctamque substantiam conspitiat,

      R. Ben. 55, 1.
  • Ðín sunu ðe hys spéde (

    substantiam

    ) ámyrde,
      Lk. Skt. 15, 30.
  • Gemicla ðú heora wín and heora worldlíce spéde,

      Shrn. 104, 26: Ps. Th. 51, 6.
  • Hé næfþ rihtwísnysse spéda and wísdómes goldhordas ðe sind sóðe welan,

      Homl. Th. ii. 88, 28.
power, facuity
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  • Ðǽr wæs gesýne his seó sóðe spéd

    videbitur in majestate sua,

      Ps. Th. 101, 14.
  • Þurh ðínra dǽda spéd dagas hér gewuniaþ

    ordinatione tua perseverat dies,

      118, 91.
  • Hafast ðú heáh mægen ðínes earmes spéd wið ealle fýnd

    in virtute brachii tui dispersisti inimicos tuos,

      88, 9.
  • Þurh his ǽgne spéd witan,

      Exon. Th. 351, 9; Sch. 77.
  • Syndon on ðissum Simone twá spéda, mannes and deófles,

      Blickl. Homl. 179, 10.
  • Ðú eart mǽgena God, nis ðé gelíc on spédum,

      Ps. Th. 88, 7.
  • Wæs heofonweardes gást ofer holm boren miclum spédum,

      Cd. Th. 8, 8; Gen. 121.
  • Meotud monnum syleþ sundorgiefe, sendeþ wíde ágne spéde (

    faculties peculiar to each

    ),
      Exon. Th. 293, 24; Crä., 6.
opportunity, or
means of doing anything
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  • Ðæt hé him spéde and lýfnysse sealde ðæt hé ðǽr wunian móste for intingan his gebeda

    ut sibi facultatem et licentiam ibidem orationis causa demorandi concederet,

      Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 29.
  • Se ealdormon him spéde and lýfnesse sealde tó farene swá hwider swá hí woldan

    major domus regiae copiam pergendi quoquo vellent, tribuit eis,

      4, 1; S. 564, 34.
progeny (?)
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  • On cederbeámum mid heora spédum spearwan nystlaþ,

      Ps. Th. 103, 16.
Etymology
[Huand iu thiu spót cumid, helpe fon himile (cf. thurgh helpe and spede of prayer, Pr. C. 2882), Hel. 1901. O. H. Ger. spuot celeritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia.]
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v. ǽht-, freónd-, freoþo-, here-, land-, mægen-, sige-, sigor-, tuddor-, un-, wíg-, woruld-, wuldor-spéd.
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