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† unˈspeed Obs.
[OE. unspéd (un-1 12), = WFris. on-, ûnspoed, MDu. onspoet (Du. onspoed), OS. unspôd (MLG. unspôt), OHG. unspuot, -spuet, chiefly in sense 2. Cf. wanspeed.]
1. Poverty. (OE. only.)
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Mark xii. 44 Ðios..of unspoed hire alle ða ðe hæfde sende. c1000Ags. Ps. (Spelman) lxxxvii. 9 Eaᵹan mine sarᵹodon for unspeda [L. inopia].
2. Lack of good speed or success; misfortune, detriment, harm.
a1300Cursor M. 10468 If þou mai na barns brede, Quam wites þou þin aune vnspede? Ibid. 15420 Bot to þaim þat þe cheping did, it fel to mikel vnspede. 14..Northern Passion (MS. I.) 1214 Ȝet þei maden at vnspede in his riht hand to halde a rede. c1440Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. C.) 88 To þe priest herken þan Hys office.., And answere þere⁓to.., Or on a boke þy-selfe it rede, I wate þerfore nane unspede.
3. Unprofitable labour.
a1300Cursor M. 4230 Bot al his quainning for to rede Or for to spek, it war vn-spede. |