Middle English Dictionary Entry
spẹ̄ding(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | spẹ̄ding(e ger. Also spedingge. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act of succeeding, the fact or state of having succeeded, success; also, the accomplishing (of sth.); connen ~, to succeed; (b) the act of furthering or promoting the success (of sth.), furtherance; (c) relief, deliverance; (d) a swift rate of moving, speediness; (e) seien in ~, to say in passing; (f) an expedition.
Associated quotations
a
- 1372 ME Verse in Grimestone PB (Adv 18.7.21)p.1 : For þing þat is to askyn..With good hope of spedingge In time þat is nouth to chaleng.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23716 : Þe ded ai wen we for to dril, Bot þat dos all vr speding spill.
- c1400 Verse in Med.St.33 (Cmb Ii.3.8)p.81 : Þou biddist þi bone and passest nouth withouten spedyngge.
- (1453) Paston (EETS)1.39 : Gurney tellyd hym he had byn at London for mony and kowd not spedyng.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)112/19 : It shal shewe spedynge [Ashmole: accomplisshyng] of þe werk & perfeccion.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)112 : In Spayne and in Spruce moche ys my spedyng.
b
- (1455) Paston2.116 : I comaund me to yow..hertly thankyng yow for the grete labours that ye have take for the spedyng of my causys.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)94/29 : It ys þe firste þinge þat þe glorious hyest maade, a simple substance spirytuell yn þe ende of perfeccioun, yn spedynge of goodnesse.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)126a/b : Dawynge..is ende of þe nyȝt and..releuynge..of sikenesse, and spedinge [L expeditio], and deliueraunce fro enemyes.
d
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)171 : Forderyn in spedynge..accelero.
e
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)150/14 : We say in spedynge þat apostemes of þe bakke accorden in causes..and wel ynogh in alle þinges.
f
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judith 2.7 : Þanne olofernes clepyde dukis & þe maister domys men..& noumbrede men in to þe speding [WB(2): in to the makyng redi; L in expeditionem] as þe king comaundede to hym.