Med-spédig

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - med-spédig

According to the Old English Dictionary:

med-spédig
adj. Unprosperous, poorly provided :-- Ne biþ ǽnig ðæs earfoþsǽlig mon on moldan, ne ðæs medspédig ðæt hine se árgifa ealles biscyrge módes cræfta no man upon earth is there of such hard fortune or so meanly endowed, that the gracious giver quite cuts him off from powers of mind, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 3; Crä. 9. med-spedig
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