spræc

Old English

Alternative forms

• spǣċ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sprāki, variant of *sprāku. Cognate with Old Frisian sprēke; the ō-stem variant led to Old Saxon sprāka and Old High German sprāhha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spræːt͡ʃ/

Noun

sprǣċ f

1. speech
2. language

Declension

Declension of spræc (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sprǣċ	sprǣċa, sprǣċe
accusative	sprǣċe	sprǣċa, sprǣċe
genitive	sprǣċe	sprǣċa
dative	sprǣċe	sprǣċum

Synonyms

• ġeþēode
• ġereord
• tunge

Derived terms

• foresprǣċ
• ġesprǣċ
• hetesprǣċ
• sprǣċærn
• sprǣccynn
• sprǣcful
• sprǣchūs
• sprǣclēas
• sundorsprǣċ

Related terms

• sprecan

Descendants

• Middle English: speche, speke, spech, spetch, spæc, spæch, speeche
  • English: speech
  • Scots: spech, spek