"speke" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} speke
  1. Obsolete spelling of speak. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: speak
    Sense id: en-speke-en-verb-TbLkm7yp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 67 2 4 5 5 4 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 1 3 4 4 4 17

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|var=1}} speke
  1. (especially Northern) alternative form of speche Tags: Northern, alt-of, alternative, especially Alternative form of: speche
    Sense id: en-speke-enm-noun-VKhgl4GB Categories (other): Northern Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} speke
  1. alternative form of speken Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: speken
    Sense id: en-speke-enm-verb-xOyEL-Ea Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /ˈspeː.kə/
Rhymes: -eːkə Etymology: Related to spik (“spike, nail; pointed stick”), originally with the sense “to dry on a stick”. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk speke (“to cure, preserve by salting and drying”). Etymology templates: {{cog|nn|speke|t=to cure, preserve by salting and drying}} Norwegian Nynorsk speke (“to cure, preserve by salting and drying”) Head templates: {{head|nb|verb|imperative|spek|present tense|speker|passive|spekes|simple past|spekte|or|speket|supine|spekt|or|speket|past participle|spekt|or|speket|present participle|spekende|verbal noun|speking|or|spekning}} speke (imperative spek, present tense speker, passive spekes, simple past spekte or speket, supine spekt or speket, past participle spekt or speket, present participle spekende, verbal noun speking or spekning) Forms: spek [imperative], speker [present], spekes [passive], spekte [past], speket [past], spekt [supine], speket [supine], spekt [participle, past], speket [participle, past], spekende [participle, present], speking [noun-from-verb], spekning [noun-from-verb]
  1. to cure or preserve (meat, fat, fish, etc.) by salting, drying, and often smoking, so that it can be eaten uncooked
    Sense id: en-speke-nb-verb-XLafGqOg Categories (other): Food and drink Disambiguation of Food and drink: 59 41 0 0
  2. (especially of herring) to preserve in brine until edible uncooked Tags: especially
    Sense id: en-speke-nb-verb-kIP9bwUH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spekemakrell (english: salted and dried mackerel), spekemat (english: cured food), spekefisk (english: cured fish), spekelaks (english: cured salmon), spekekjøtt (english: cured meat), spekepølse (english: cured sausage), spekeskinke (english: cured ham), spekesild (english: salted and dried herring), speking (english: curing, preservation by salting and drying), spekning (english: curing, preservation by salting and drying) Related terms: konservere (english: to preserve), røyke (english: to smoke), salte (english: to salt), tørke (english: to dry)
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /ˈspeː.kə/ Forms: spek [imperative], speker [present], spekes [passive], spekte [past], spekt [supine], spekt [participle, past], spekende [participle, present], speking [noun-from-verb]
Rhymes: -eːkə Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|nb}} Unknown Head templates: {{head|nb|verb|imperative|spek|present tense|speker|passive|spekes|simple past|spekte|supine|spekt|past participle|spekt|present participle|spekende|verbal noun|speking}} speke (imperative spek, present tense speker, passive spekes, simple past spekte, supine spekt, past participle spekt, present participle spekende, verbal noun speking)
  1. (dialectal) to freeze; to form a crust of ice; to turn into ice Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-speke-nb-verb-vMXt23ry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /ˈspeː.kə/ Forms: spek [imperative], speker [present], spekes [passive], speket [past], speket [supine], speket [participle, past], spekende [participle, present], spekelse [noun-from-verb], speking [noun-from-verb]
Rhymes: -eːkə Etymology: Inherited from Old Norse spekja (“to tame, pacify”), related to spakr (“wise, gentle, calm”). Compare spekelse (“mortification, chastening”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|nb|non|spekja||to tame, pacify|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Norse spekja (“to tame, pacify”), {{inh+|nb|non|spekja|t=to tame, pacify}} Inherited from Old Norse spekja (“to tame, pacify”) Head templates: {{head|nb|verb|imperative|spek|present tense|speker|passive|spekes|simple past|speket|supine|speket|past participle|speket|present participle|spekende|verbal noun|spekelse|or|speking}} speke (imperative spek, present tense speker, passive spekes, simple past speket, supine speket, past participle speket, present participle spekende, verbal noun spekelse or speking)
  1. (obsolete) to mortify or chasten (one's body, urges, or earthly needs); to live temperately or ascetically Tags: obsolete Derived forms: spekelse (english: mortification, chastening)
    Sense id: en-speke-nb-verb-yT4g0oz5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mortify or chasten (one's body, urges, or earthly needs); to live temperately or ascetically"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mortify",
          "mortify"
        ],
        [
          "chasten",
          "chasten"
        ],
        [
          "temperately",
          "temperately"
        ],
        [
          "ascetically",
          "ascetically"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) to mortify or chasten (one's body, urges, or earthly needs); to live temperately or ascetically"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspeː.kə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːkə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "speke"
}

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