A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Spede,) Sped, Speid, adj. [Shortened f. Sped(e)fu(l adj. Cf. Sped(e p.p.] Only in verse: = Sped(e)ful(l adj. —c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1486 (C).
Tharfore to ȝow, me think, it sped [: led;D. speid :leid], That, I passand frome ȝow away, Of some defendoure ȝhe purwaye a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 293.
Lord, I commend me in ȝour cure, Bait[h] heid and feit to wesche gif ȝe think speid [: neid]
