Godspeedintj/ˌɡɒdˈspiːd/

• 1

  literaryUsed, particularly at a moment of departure, to convey a wish that an individual’s forthcoming actions yield favorable outcomes; typically addressed to someone embarking on a journey or undertaking a challenging endeavor.

  • 3 [Citizen]. Neighbours, God ſpeed. / 1 [Citizen]. Giue you good morrovv ſir.
  • Duke. God ſpeed father. / 1. Mad[man]. God ſpeed the Plough, thou ſhalt not ſpeed me.

Godspeednoun/ˌɡɒdˈspiːd/

• 1

  literaryThe wishing of someone a smooth journey, or success, especially at a parting; (countable) a statement expressing this.

  • Yff there come eny vnto you and brynge not this learnynge⸝ hym receave not to houſſe: nether bid hym god ſpede. For he that biddeth hym God ſpede⸝ is part taker off his evyll dedes.
  • Then Chriſtian took his leave of his Friend, and he again bid him God ſpeed.
• 2

  archaicliteraryChiefly in in the Godspeed of: the most important part of something, or point at which something happens; also, the last minute or last moment.

  • But a Devil came in juſt in the God-ſpeed, and told them; Gentlemen Philoſophers, (ſays he) if you vvould knovv the VVretched'ſt, and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld; It is an Alchymiſt: […]
  • But juſt in the Godſpeed, the Plot vvas Diſcover'd.
• 3

  literaryIn back of Godspeed: a distant, remote, or unknown place.

  • If I don't leave you at the back of God-speed before long, I'll give you the mare and the horse too.
  • mrs george. I have earned the right to speak. I have dared: I have gone through: I have not fallen withered into the fire: I have come at last out beyond, to the back of Godspeed. / the bishop. And what do you see there, at the back of Godspeed?