speed vb. (pa. pple. “speeded” twice Meas. IV. v. 10, 2H4 IV. iii. 38; otherwise SPED, q.v.)
1.
to have (a certain) success, fare (well or ill)
Shr. II. i. 277
“ amiss,”
John IV. ii. 141
“How I have
sped,”
Troil. III. i. 157.
2.
to turn out
Cor. V. i. 62
“Speed how it
will.”
3.
to be successful
Wiv. III. v. 69
“sped you, sir?,”
R3 IV. iv. 359
“An honest tale s-s best
being plainly told,”
Lr. I. ii. 19
“if this letter ,”
Oth. IV. i. 109
“How quickly should you
speed.”
5.
to be a person's
‘speed’ (see SPEED sb. 3)
Wiv. III. iv. 12
“heaven so me,”
Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 684
“Fortune us,”
Cæs. I. ii. 88
“let the gods so
me”
; with subject omitted
Lr. IV. vi. 213
“Sir, speed you.”
