speden

Middle English

Alternative forms

• spedden

Etymology

From Old English spēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdijan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspeːdən/

Verb

speden

1. to assist, help

Conjugation

Conjugation of speden (weak in -de)

infinitive	(to) speden, spede
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	spede	spedde
2nd-person singular	spedest	speddest
3rd-person singular	spedeth	spedde
subjunctive singular	spede
imperative singular		—
plural1	speden, spede	spedden, spedde
imperative plural	spedeth, spede	—
participles	spedynge, spedende	sped, ysped

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: speed
• Scots: spede, speid
• Yola: zpeed

References

• “spẹ̄den, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.