sprecel

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspre.kel/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sprekl.

Alternative forms

• spreccil

Noun

sprecel ? or n (see usage notes)

1. a spot

   haran spreccil

   hare's spot(s)

Usage notes

• The precise gender is unknown. Based on the attested text (wherein the noun is likely used in the nominative plural) and nearest cognate Middle High German spreckel, a strong neuter a-stem, the Old English is assumed to be neuter.

Declension

Declension of sprecel (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sprecel	sprecel
accusative	sprecel	sprecel
genitive	spreceles	sprecela
dative	sprecele	sprecelum

Descendants

• Middle English: *sprekel, sprekle
  • English: spreckle
  • Scots: spreckel, spreckle

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *sprekal, a variant of *sprekul.

Adjective

sprecel

1. Alternative form of sprecol

Declension

Declension of sprecel — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sprecel	sprecel	sprecel
Accusative	sprecelne	sprecele	sprecel
Genitive	spreceles	sprecelre	spreceles
Dative	sprecelum	sprecelre	sprecelum
Instrumental	sprecele	sprecelre	sprecele
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sprecele	sprecela, sprecele	sprecel
Accusative	sprecele	sprecela, sprecele	sprecel
Genitive	sprecelra	sprecelra	sprecelra
Dative	sprecelum	sprecelum	sprecelum
Instrumental	sprecelum	sprecelum	sprecelum

Declension of sprecel — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sprecela	sprecele	sprecele
Accusative	sprecelan	sprecelan	sprecele
Genitive	sprecelan	sprecelan	sprecelan
Dative	sprecelan	sprecelan	sprecelan
Instrumental	sprecelan	sprecelan	sprecelan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sprecelan	sprecelan	sprecelan
Accusative	sprecelan	sprecelan	sprecelan
Genitive	sprecelra, sprecelena	sprecelra, sprecelena	sprecelra, sprecelena
Dative	sprecelum	sprecelum	sprecelum
Instrumental	sprecelum	sprecelum	sprecelum

Derived terms

• swīþsprecel