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Godspeed

[ god-speed ]

/ ˈgɒdˈspid /

noun

good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.).

Origin of Godspeed

1250–1300; Middle English, in the phrase God spede may God prosper (you). See God, speed

Example sentences from the Web for godspeed

Before I left I wished them all Godspeed on the dainty journey they were making in their cockleshell.

One Way Out |William Carleton
If you had loved him I should have wished you Godspeed, after a while.

A Little Girl in Old Washington |Amanda M. Douglas
Soldiers ready to lay down their lives to hold the range give it Godspeed when they learn what it wants.

The Last Shot |Frederick Palmer
Then they all bade him godspeed and embraced him; and Sancho, with tears in his eyes, took leave of them.

The Story of Don Quixote |Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

I did not know, when I bade the doctor farewell and Godspeed, that his heart tasted such bitterness as, God grant!

Doctor Luke of the Labrador |Norman Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for godspeed

Godspeed

/ (ˈɡɒdˈspiːd) /

interjection, noun

an expression of one's good wishes for a person's success and safety

Word Origin for Godspeed

C15: from God spede may God prosper (you)