A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sped(e, p.p. [Sped(e v. Cf. Spede adj.] a. Successful. b. Of a person: Skilled, versed, equipped. —a. c1390 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 19.
Sympyllere men … has requerit for swylk election and bene spede —b. a1500 Seven S. 95.
Than said Cato … I reid we se gif all our werk Into this child effect has tane And quhidder he sciens has or nane … [They] ordanit him to be attempit That thai mycht knaw how he was sped
