Old English · noun

spræc

Normalised sprǣċ

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /spræːt͡ʃ/
Syllables: spræːt͡ʃ (1 syllable)
Modern English: speech conference discussion

Meaning

speech

Biþ mīn sprǣċ gōd?

Is my speech good?
language
conversation, conference, discussion

Đyssum tidum Ongolcyningas þā æðelestan Ōswēo Norðanhymbra cyning ⁊ Eċġberht Contwarena cyning hæfdon betweoh him sprǣċe ⁊ ġeþēahte, hwæt tō donne wǣre bī þǣm stealle Ongolcynnes ċiriċan.

At this time the most noble English kings, Oswiu of Northumbria and Ecgberht of Kent, held a discussion and conference between them about what was to be done about the state of the English church.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Declension

Declension of spræc
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sprǣċ	sprǣċa sprǣċe
Accusative	sprǣċe	sprǣċa sprǣċe
Genitive	sprǣċe	sprǣċa
Dative	sprǣċe	sprǣċum

Etymology

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

Descendants

speech

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