Middle English Dictionary Entry
gọ̄d spẹ̄de, gọ̄̆d-spẹ̄de phr. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gọ̄d spẹ̄de, gọ̄̆d-spẹ̄de phr. & n. |
| Etymology | From gọ̄d adj. & spēde. Also cp. God spēde you, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Quickly, speedily; a ~; (b) as interj.; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 Degare (Auch)200 : A letter ȝhe wrot..And knit hit..Aboute his nekke wel god sped.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1765 : William & þe mayde..gon furþ þurȝth þe gardin a wel god spede.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1786 : Þei gon a god spede toward a fair forest.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)1041 : Þu sall be hale gude spede.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.72v : Whanne it bygynnyth, it launchiþ gode sped.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)22/133 : Vnto þam gaf he gold gude spede.
- ?a1425 Dial.Bern.& V.(1) (RwlPoet 175)155 : Þat schewed he bi his spech gud spede.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)1911 : God spake vnto hym þer gud sped.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)168 : The bore, with his brode schilde, Folut hom fast in þe filde And spillutte on hom gode spede.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)189/1127a : He leyd abowt him good spede.
b
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)28/190 : God spede, dere wife, how fayre ye?
c
- (1275) Hundred R.Tower 1190 : Radulfus Godisped.