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spédan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
spédan, p. de
To speed, have success, succeed in doing something
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  • Eów betere is ðæt gé ðisne gárrǽs mid gafole forgyldon ... ne þurfe wé ús spillan gif gé spédaþ tó dam

    (cf.

    Gif hé ne geþeó búton tó healfre híde

    if he succeeds in obtaining no more than a half hide

    ,
    • Ll. Th. i. 188, 1
    )

    for you is it better to buy off this attack ... We need not destroy one another, if you succeed in doing this,

    • Byrht. Th. 132, 51
      • ;
    • By. 34
      • .
Etymology
[
Swá hé spédde, swá him Crist húðe, swá þet in féuna geáre wæs ꝥ mynstre gare Chr. 656; Erl. 30, 18.
Hé spédde litel, and be gode rihte, for hé wæs án yuel man, 1140; Erl. 265, 17.
His broþer heo him wolde binimen, ah he ne mihte speden, Laym. 403.
He wollde winnenn Crist alls he wann Eve and Adam ȝiff þatt he mihhte spedenn, Orm. 12317.
O. H. Ger. gi-spuotón accelerare.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-spédan.
Linked entries
v.  fór-spédian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “spédan.” 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/28430.

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