spræcleas

Old English

Alternative forms

• spǣclēas

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sprākilausaz, equivalent to sprǣċ +‎ -lēas. Cognate with Old High German sprāhhalōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspræːkˌlæ͜ɑːs/

Adjective

sprǣclēas

1. speechless

Declension

Declension of sprǣclēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sprǣclēas	sprǣclēas	sprǣclēas
Accusative	sprǣclēasne	sprǣclēase	sprǣclēas
Genitive	sprǣclēases	sprǣclēasre	sprǣclēases
Dative	sprǣclēasum	sprǣclēasre	sprǣclēasum
Instrumental	sprǣclēase	sprǣclēasre	sprǣclēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sprǣclēase	sprǣclēasa, sprǣclēase	sprǣclēas
Accusative	sprǣclēase	sprǣclēasa, sprǣclēase	sprǣclēas
Genitive	sprǣclēasra	sprǣclēasra	sprǣclēasra
Dative	sprǣclēasum	sprǣclēasum	sprǣclēasum
Instrumental	sprǣclēasum	sprǣclēasum	sprǣclēasum

Declension of sprǣclēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sprǣclēasa	sprǣclēase	sprǣclēase
Accusative	sprǣclēasan	sprǣclēasan	sprǣclēase
Genitive	sprǣclēasan	sprǣclēasan	sprǣclēasan
Dative	sprǣclēasan	sprǣclēasan	sprǣclēasan
Instrumental	sprǣclēasan	sprǣclēasan	sprǣclēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sprǣclēasan	sprǣclēasan	sprǣclēasan
Accusative	sprǣclēasan	sprǣclēasan	sprǣclēasan
Genitive	sprǣclēasra, sprǣclēasena	sprǣclēasra, sprǣclēasena	sprǣclēasra, sprǣclēasena
Dative	sprǣclēasum	sprǣclēasum	sprǣclēasum
Instrumental	sprǣclēasum	sprǣclēasum	sprǣclēasum

Synonyms

• ǣtynge
• cwidelēas

Descendants

• Middle English: specheles
  • English: speechless

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sprǽcleás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.