| 释义 |
† unˈspeedful, a. Obs.
[un-1 7.]
Unprofitable; of no avail.
a1340Hampole Psalter cxxviii. 4 When þei..seme vnspedful in all þat þei did here. c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. pr. vi. (1868) 178 Prayeres, þat ne mowen nat ben vnspedful..whan þei ben ryȝtful. c1440Jacob's Well 184 Ȝif þis handyl be wrong, it is vnspedefull to werke wyth. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 29 Thy contynual prayer..may not be onspedeful before the presens and goodnes of god. 1570Levins Manip. 186 Vnspeedful, inexpeditus. |