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spede

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English

Noun

spede

  1. Obsolete spelling of speed.
    • 1560, Peter Whitehorne, Machiavelli, Volume I:
      Those capitaines whiche come to faight a field, cannot stand behind a wal, or behind bankes, nor where thei maie not be reached: therfore it is mete for them, seyng thei cannot finde a waie to defende them, to finde some mean, by the whiche thei maie be least hurte: nor thei cannot finde any other waie, then to prevente it quickly: the waie to prevent it, is to go to finde it out of hande, and hastely, not at leasure and in a heape: for that through spede, the blowe is not suffered to bee redoubled, and by the thinnesse, lesse nomber of menne maie be hurt.

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Finnish

Etymology

From the stage name of Finnish comedian Pertti Pasanen. See Spede. Compare uuno, hermanni.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspede/, [ˈs̠pe̞de̞]
  • Rhymes: -ede
  • Syllabification(key): spe‧de
  • Hyphenation(key): spe‧de

Noun

spede (colloquial)

  1. clown, fool (one that makes themselves an object of ridicule by acting stupidly)
    Synonyms: hermanni, pelle, typerys

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

  • spedeillä
  • spedeily
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Middle English

Noun

spede

  1. dative of sped
  2. (chiefly Late Middle English) alternative form of sped

Verb

spede

  1. first-person singular present indicative of speden

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

spēde

  1. inflection of spēd:
    1. nominative plural
    2. accusative singular/plural
    3. genitive/dative singular

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