eldertongue

Old English · adjective

foresprecen

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/fo.reˈspre.ken/
Syllables
fo · re · ˈspre · ken (4 syllables)
Modern English
forespokenalreadystatedaforementioned

Meaning

  1. already stated, aforementioned

    Cōm sē foresprecena hungur ēac swylċe hider on Bryttas...

    The aforementioned famine likewise arrived here in Britain...

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
  2. forespoken

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

From fore- + sprecen (“spoken”)

Descendants

forespoken

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