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Why do they say Godspeed?
What is that really?
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it is a blessing, sort of meaning “Go with God,” or “God protect you” or “good fortune”
and I just looked it up at dictionary.reference.com, and the site says it originated in Middle English in the late 1200s, meaning, literally, “may God prosper you”
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GOD SPEED THE PLOW — “God speed the plough, ‘a wish for success or prosperity,’ was originally a phrase in a 15th-century song sung by ploughmen on Plough Monday, the first Monday after Twelfth Day, which is the end of the Christmas holidays, when farm laborers returned to the plough. On this day ploughmen customarily went from door to door dressed in white and drawing a plough, soliciting ‘plough money’ to spend in celebration. “Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins” by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).
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It means “good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.). ” It comes from “God spede ” meaning “May God prosper (you)”.
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Almost literally “God Speed”. When it is blessed on you that God will speed your journey to your destination…
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because i do not know
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