sped

See also: spęd and SPED

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: spĕd, IPA^(key): /spɛd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sped

1. simple past and past participle of speed

   Synonym: speeded

Derived terms

• thoroughsped
• unsped

Etymology 2

From SPED.

Noun

sped (plural speds)

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A special education student.

Anagrams

• DEPs, EDPs, EPDs, PDEs, PEDs, deps, déps, peds

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpet/

Adjective

sped

1. late

Declension

Declension of sped (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
weak inflection	nominative	sped	sped	sped	spede
	accusative	spede	sped	sped	spede
	dative	spede	spede	spede	spede
strong inflection	nominative	speder	spede	spedes	spede
	accusative	spede	spede	spedes	spede
	dative	spedem	speder	spedem	spede

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “sped”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Malay

Noun

sped

1. (card games) spades (suit)

   Synonym: sekopong

See also

Suits in Malay · daun terup (layout · text)
lekuk, pangkah	ciduk, daiman, retin	sekopong, sped	kelawar

Middle English

Alternative forms

• spede, speed, speede, spyde (Late Middle English)
• spied (Gower)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English spēd, for earlier spœ̄d, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /speːd/

Noun

sped (uncountable, dative singular spede)

1. fortune, luck (especially good)
   1. success (the achievement of a goal)
   2. (rare) abundance, prosperity
2. speed, velocity (rate of action, usually motion):
   1. speediness, haste (fast movement or action)
   2. power, efficacy (capacity to effect)
3. help, assistance (something ameliorative)
4. (Late Middle English) benefit (something positive)
5. (rare) intent, aim, goal

Related terms

• speden
• spedful
• spedfully
• spedly
• spedy
• spedyly

Descendants

• English: speed (see there for further descendants)
• Middle Scots: sped, spede, speid
  • Scots: speed

References

• “spẹ̄d(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Alternative forms

• spœ̄d — Anglian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *spōdi (“prosperity, success”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /speːd/
• Rhymes: -eːd

Noun

spēd f (West Saxon)

1. success, prosperity

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	spēd	spēde, spēda
accusative	spēd, spēde	spēde, spēda
genitive	spēde	spēda
dative	spēde	spēdum

Derived terms

• herespēd
• spēdiġ
• wuldorspēd
• weoroldspēd

Related terms

• spēdan
• spōwan

Descendants

• Middle English: sped, spede, speed, speede, spyde (Late Middle English), spied (Gower)
  • English: speed (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Scots: sped, spede, speid
    • Scots: speed

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsped/

Noun

sped (genitive speda, plural speds)

1. lance

Declension

Declension of sped

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sped	speds
Genitive	speda	spedas
Dative	spede	spedes
Accusative	spedi	spedis
Predicative1	spedu	spedus
Vocative	o sped	o speds

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.