Noun: spræc
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | sprǣċ |
| Plural | sprǣċa; sprǣċe |
Genitive
| Singular | sprǣċe |
| Plural | sprǣċa |
Dative
| Singular | sprǣċe |
| Plural | sprǣċum |
Accusative
| Singular | sprǣċe |
| Plural | sprǣċa; sprǣċe |
Sample Sentences
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Biþ mīn sprǣċ gōd? (Is my speech good?)
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late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
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Đyssum tidum Ongolcyningas þā æðelestan Ōswēo Norðanhymbra cyning ⁊ Eċġberht Contwarena cyning hæfdon betweoh him sprǣċe ⁊ ġeþēahte, hwæt tō donne wǣre bī þǣm stealle Ongolcynnes ċiriċan . (At this time the most noble English kings, Oswiu of Northumbria and Ecgberht of Kent, held a discussion and conference between them about what was to be done about the state of the English church.)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sprāku. Cognate with Old Frisian sprēke; the ō-stem variant led to Old Saxon sprāka and Old High German sprāhha. Related to sprǣċe and ġesprǣċe.
Verbs referencing "spræc"
English Nouns
sprig.
Translations