单词 | unspeed |
释义 | † unspeedn. Obsolete. 1. Poverty. (Old English only.) ΚΠ c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark xii. 44 Ðios..of unspoed hire alle ða ðe hæfde sende. c1000 Ags. Ps. lxxxvii. 9 Eagan mine sargodon for unspeda [L. inopia]. 2. Lack of good speed or success; misfortune, detriment, harm. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] wanspeedc893 defaulta1387 unspeeda1400 faultingc1450 fail1477 defallation1490 ill, evil ch(i)eving?1518 misproving1542 defection1576 unsuccessa1586 defailance1603 abortiveness1611 defailment1612 ill success1615 failancea1627 unprosperitya1628 mis-success1641 successlessness1642 insuccess1646 intercision1647 failure1648 insuccessfulness1648 unprosperousness1648 defaillancy1649 unsuccessfulness1656 missucceedinga1661 non-success1665 defailurea1677 miscarrying1736 throwdown1887 short circuit1937 Palookaville?1954 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15420 Bot to þaim þat þe cheping did, it fel to mikel vnspede. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10468 If þou mai na barns brede, Quam wites þou þin aune vnspede? 14.. Northern Passion (MS. I.) 1214 Ȝet þei maden at vnspede in his riht hand to halde a rede. c1440 Lay 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. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > unprofitable or useless labour unspeeda1400 wastec1400 labour in vaina1470 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4230 Bot al his quainn[i]ng for to rede Or for to spek, it war vn-spede. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c950 |
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