sped

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

sped

1. simple past tense and past participle of speed

Synonyms

• speeded

Anagrams

• EPDs, PDEs, deps, déps, peds

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Malay

Noun

sped

1. Name of a suit from a playing card.

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spōdiz (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-Indo-European *spē-/sphē- (“to succeed, turn out well”). Cognate with Old Saxon spōd (“success, prosperity”), Dutch spoed, Old High German spuot (“success, progress, being”). Related to spōwan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /speːd/

Noun

spēd f

1. success, prosperity

Declension

Declension of sped (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	spēd	spēde, spēda
accusative	spēd, spēde	spēde, spēda
genitive	spēde	spēda
dative	spēde	spēdum

Derived terms

• spēdiġ
• wuldorspēd

Related terms

• spēdan

Descendants

• Middle English: spede
  • English: speed

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsped]

Noun

sped (plural speds)

1. lance

Declension

declension of sped

	singular	plural
nominative	sped	speds
genitive	speda	spedas
dative	spede	spedes
accusative	spedi	spedis
vocative 1	o sped!	o speds!
predicative 2	spedu	spedus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in some later, non-classical Volapük only