zpeed

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English speden, from Old English spēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdijan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zbiːd/

Verb

zpeed

  1. to speed
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:
      Zo bless all oore frends, an God zpeed ee plowe.
      So bless all our friends, and God speed the plough.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 90
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