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Noun [Old English]

IPA: /spræːt͡ʃ/
Rhymes: -æːt͡ʃ 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. Etymology templates: {{etymon|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*sprāku}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ō", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-u", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*sprāku", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "spræc", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }" data-lang="ang" data-title="spræc">, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*sprāku}} Proto-West Germanic *sprāku, {{cog|ofs|sprēke}} Old Frisian sprēke, {{cog|osx|sprāka}} Old Saxon sprāka, {{cog|goh|sprāhha}} Old High German sprāhha Head templates: {{ang-noun|f|head=sprǣċ}} sprǣċ f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|sprǣċ}}, {{ang-decl-noun|sprǣċ|sprǣċa,sprǣċe|sprǣċe|sprǣċa,sprǣċe|sprǣċe|sprǣċa|sprǣċe|sprǣċum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: sprǣċ [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], sprǣċ [nominative, singular], sprǣċa [nominative, plural], sprǣċe [nominative, plural], sprǣċe [accusative, singular], sprǣċa [accusative, plural], sprǣċe [accusative, plural], sprǣċe [genitive, singular], sprǣċa [genitive, plural], sprǣċe [dative, singular], sprǣċum [dative, plural], spǣċ [alternative]
  1. speech
    Sense id: en-spræc-ang-noun-BfthetVD
  2. language
    Sense id: en-spræc-ang-noun-pO8wS6Qq Categories (other): Old English entries with etymon, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Old English entries with etymon: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 2 96 2 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 85 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 85 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 93 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 2 95 2
  3. conversation, conference, discussion
    Sense id: en-spræc-ang-noun-0mvOPQWJ Categories (other): Talking Disambiguation of Talking: 18 18 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ġeþēode, ġereord, tunge Derived forms: foresprǣċ, ġesprǣċ, godsprǣce, hetesprǣċ, sprǣċærn, sprǣccynn, sprǣcful, sprǣchūs, sprǣclēas, sundorsprǣċ Related terms: sprecan
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "godsprǣce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hetesprǣċ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sprǣċærn"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "*sprāku",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sprāku"
    ],
    [
      "sprēke",
      "spreke#Old_Frisian"
    ],
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    ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Is my speech good?",
          "text": "Biþ mīn sprǣċ gōd?",
          "translation": "Is my speech good?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Is my speech good?",
          "text": "Biþ mīn sprǣċ gōd?",
          "translation": "Is my speech good?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "speech"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nĐyssum tidum Ongolcyningas þā æðelestan Ōswēo Norðanhymbra cyning ⁊ Eċġberht Contwarena cyning hæfdon betweoh him sprǣċe ⁊ ġeþēahte, hwæt tō donne wǣre bī þǣm stealle Ongolcynnes ċiriċan .",
          "translation": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conversation, conference, discussion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conversation",
          "conversation"
        ],
        [
          "conference",
          "conference"
        ],
        [
          "discussion",
          "discussion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spræːt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æːt͡ʃ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ġeþēode"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġereord"
    },
    {
      "word": "tunge"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spræc"
}

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