p. -spédde; pp. -spéded, -spédd To speed, prosper, succeed; progredi, prosperare, succedere :-- Ðæs ðe blódgyte, wæll-fyll weres, wæpnum gespédeþ because that bloodshedding, slaughter of man, speedeth by means of weapons, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 12; Gen. 1527. Ac hí náht ná gespéddan but they succeeded naught, Chr. 1036; Th. 293, 23, col. 2. Ac man ðǽr ne gespǽdde but they didn't succeed there, 1096; Erl. 233, 29. Ealle þinge swá hwæt swá he déþ beóþ gespédde omnia quæcunque faciet prosperabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 1, 3. ge-spedan