spedig

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spōdigaz (“successful, hurried”). Equivalent to spēd +‎ -iġ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspeː.dij/

Adjective

spēdiġ

successful
wealthy
rich (+ dative in something)

Declension

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Descendants

Middle English: spedi, spedy
- English: speedy
- Scots: spedie

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “SPĒDIĠ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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