Participles
| Present | sprecende |
| Past | (ġe)sprecen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sprece |
| 2nd sing. | spricst |
| 3rd sing. | spricþ |
| 1st plur. | sprecaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sprecaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sprecaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | spræc |
| 2nd sing. | sprǣce |
| 3rd sing. | spræc |
| 1st plur. | sprǣcon |
| 2nd plur. | sprǣcon |
| 3rd plur. | sprǣcon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sprece |
| 2nd sing. | sprece |
| 3rd sing. | sprece |
| 1st plur. | sprecen |
| 2nd plur. | sprecen |
| 3rd plur. | sprecen |
Past
| 1st sing. | sprǣce |
| 2nd sing. | sprǣce |
| 3rd sing. | sprǣce |
| 1st plur. | sprǣcen |
| 2nd plur. | sprǣcen |
| 3rd plur. | sprǣcen |
Imperative
| Singular | sprec |
| Plural | sprecaþ |
Verbs similar to 'sprecan'
specan,
abrecan,
awrecan,
besprecan,
brecan,
gesprecan,
recan,
screncan,
screpan,
secan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sprekan.
Verbs referencing "sprecan"
Scots
speak, Old High German sprehhan, Scots
speik.
Sample Sentences
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The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
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Saga mē, hwylc man ǣrest wǣre wið hund sprecende? (Tell me, who was the first man who spoke with a dog?)
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c. 890s, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan
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Þā Finnas, him þūhte, and þā Beormas sprǣcon nēah ān ġeþēode. (The Sami, it seemed to him, and the Bjarmians spoke almost the same language.)
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 4:27 (His disciples were amazed that he was talking to a woman, though none of them said "What are you looking for?" or "What are you saying to her?")
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
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Petrus āna spræc for ealne þone hēap. (Peter by himself spoke for the whole group.)
Cognates
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