Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną.

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Verb edit

sprekan

  1. to speak
    Sō farmunste ina that manno folc endi sprākun im gimēdlic uuord
    So the mankind despised him and spoke with foolish words about him
    (Heliand, verse 2658)

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Descendants edit

  • Middle Low German: sprēken