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speedful, a.|ˈspiːdfʊl|
Also 4–6 sped(e)ful(e, -full(e, 5 spedphull, 5–7 Sc. speidful(l, 5 speyd-), 6 speedeful.
[f. speed n. + -ful.]
†1. Profitable, advantageous, expedient, helpful, efficacious. Obs.
1340–70Alex. & Dind. 623 God is spedful in speche & a spryt clene. 1375Barbour Bruce iii. 574 Saylys, ayris, and othir thing, That was spedfull to thar passyng. c1394P. Pl. Crede 264 In pouernesse of spyrit is spedfullest hele. c1449Pecock Repr. i. xix. 111 Of which ech bi him silf is a good and a speedful wey. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 112 Quhilkis thingis ar maist nedefull to the bataill and spedefull. 1509Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. xxxviii. Wks. (1876) 70 That they myght vse these holy psalmes as..spedefull prayers for remyssyon and forgyuenes. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 116 Good store howse needfull well ordred speedfull.
†b. Freq. in it is speedful or syntactical variations of this. Obs.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 23 Vnto these men itt is nedefulle and spedefulle to vse the werkis of Actife liffe als besili as þei may. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 127 It is nouȝt spedeful to us to knowe þat day. 1414in Proc. Privy Council (1834) II. 141 That it were spedefulle to sende swiche ambassiatours. c1449Pecock Repr. i. v. 27 It is profitable and speedful ofte tymes a man forto speke as many vsen forto speke. c1537R. De Benese Measurynge Lande A iij, It is..not spedefull to mete therewyth a great quantite of lande. c1550Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 909 Do as ȝe think speidfull in this proces. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 170 He..sall assigne to them ane certaine day, to vnderly the law, either in that air, or thereafter quhen he sall think speidfull.
2. Speedy, quick, swift, rapid. Now rare.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 167 Þese men been speedful boþe on hors and on foote. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 80 It gladys þe herte, and makys..þe tonge spedfull. 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 59 Geuynge her good hope of a spedeful delyuerance. 1595Barnfield Cassandra D vij b, His sturdie steedes: Whose speedful course the day and night now eeuens. 1615T. Adams Lycanthropy 8 It is not enough to be speedfull, we must also be discreet and faithfull. 1903L. M. Watt Communion Table viii. 65 This speedful fleetingness of all earth's days.
b. quasi-adv. Speedily, quickly.
c1480Ragman Roll 52 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 71 To moysten ther your appetitys drey, Ful spedful ye rennyn and ful yerne.
†3. Of time: Passing quickly; short, brief. Obs.
a1400–50Alexander 971 With þat he bloþirs in þe brest..in a spedfull space so þe sprete ȝeldis.
Hence ˈspeedfulness, speed, swiftness.
1386Almanack for Year (1812) 8 In oþer planetis it hace more spedefulnesse. |