spedan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *spōdijan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspeː.dɑn/

Verb

spēdan

to have success; to succeed

Conjugation

Conjugation of spēdan (weak class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	spēdan	spēdenne
first person singular	spēde	spēdde
second person singular	spēdest, spētst	spēddest
third person singular	spēdeþ, spētt, spēt	spēdde
plural	spēdaþ	spēddon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	spēde	spēdde
plural	spēden	spēdden
imperative
singular	spēd
plural	spēdaþ
participle	present	past
	spēdende	(ġe)spēded

Derived terms

āspēdan
ġespēdan

Descendants

Middle English: speden, spedden
- English: speed
- Scots: spede, speid
- Yola: zpeed

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “SPĒDAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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