† wanspeedn.
Obsolete.
Ill-success; adversity, poverty.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun]
wanspeedc893
defaulta1387
unspeeda1400
faultingc1450
fail1477
defallation1490
ill, evil ch(i)eving?1518
misproving1542
defection1576
unsuccessa1586
defailance1603
abortiveness1611
defailment1612
ill success1615
failancea1627
unprosperitya1628
mis-success1641
successlessness1642
insuccess1646
intercision1647
failure1648
insuccessfulness1648
unprosperousness1648
defaillancy1649
unsuccessfulness1656
missucceedinga1661
non-success1665
defailurea1677
miscarrying1736
throwdown1887
short circuit1937
Palookaville?1954
the mind > possession > poverty > [noun]
waedlec888
wanspeedc893
wanea1100
wandrethc1175
miseasea1200
povertya1225
lowness?c1225
needc1225
orcostc1225
poorness?a1300
unwealtha1300
defaultc1300
porailc1325
straitnessa1340
poorhead1340
mischiefa1375
miseasetya1382
needinessa1382
misterc1385
indigencec1386
scarcitya1387
noughtc1400
scantnessc1400
necessity?1406
penurya1425
povertnessa1434
exilitya1439
wantc1450
scarcenessc1475
needinga1500
povertiesa1500
penurity?a1505
poortith?a1513
debility1525
tenuity1535
leanness1550
lack1555
Needham1577
inopy1581
pinching1587
dispurveyance1590
egency1600
macritude1623
penuriousness1630
indigency1631
needihood1648
necessitousness1650
egestuosity1656
straitened circumstancesa1766
unopulence1796
Queer Street1811
lowliness1834
breadlessness1860
unwealthiness1886
out-of-elbowness1890
secondary poverty1901
Short Street1920
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iii. vii. §6 On þæm gefeohte wæs ærest anfunden Sciþþia wanspeda [L. inopiæ Scythicæ].
a1050 Liber Scintill. (1889) 226 Wer feohtende ateorigende þurh wanspede [L. per inopiam].
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23708 Yee cristen men, yow vmbilok,..O yur lijf þat yee her lede Yee turn it noght into wan-spede!
a1300 Cursor Mundi 28175 O strif oft haue i sauun þe sede To bring my brother to wan-spede.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9327 What whylenes, or wanspede, wryxles our mynd?
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