"speken" meaning in Middle English

See speken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈspɛ̞ːkən/
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *spregʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *spreg-? Proto-Germanic *sprekaną Proto-West Germanic *sprekan Old English sprecan Old English specan Middle English speken From Old English specan, from earlier sprecan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną. Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:inh|ang:specan<ety:from<ang:sprecan>>|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *spregʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *spreg-? Proto-Germanic *sprekaną Proto-West Germanic *sprekan Old English sprecan Old English specan Middle English speken [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*spreg-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*sprekaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*sprekan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "sprecan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "specan", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "speken", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="speken">, {{inh|enm|ang|specan}} Old English specan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*sprekan}} Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*sprekaną}} Proto-Germanic *sprekaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} speken, {{enm-verb|speketh|spekynge|spak|speken}} speken (third-person singular simple present speketh, present participle spekynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative spak, past participle speken) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|spek|spak|spek|2a=spek|2s2=spext|3a=spak|3a2=spok|3s2=spekth|4a=spok|class=5|class2=4|y=2}} Forms: speketh [present, singular, third-person], spekynge [participle, present], spak [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], speken [participle, past], strong [table-tags], speken [infinitive], to speken [infinitive], speke [infinitive], speke [first-person, present, singular], spak [first-person, past, singular], spek [first-person, past, singular], spekest [present, second-person, singular], spext [present, second-person, singular], speke [past, second-person, singular], spake [past, second-person, singular], spoke [past, second-person, singular], speketh [present, singular, third-person], spekth [present, singular, third-person], spak [past, singular, third-person], spek [past, singular, third-person], speke [present, singular, subjunctive], speke [past, singular, subjunctive], spake [past, singular, subjunctive], spoke [past, singular, subjunctive], speke [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], speken [plural, present], speke [plural, present], speken [past, plural], speke [past, plural], spaken [past, plural], spake [past, plural], spoken [past, plural], spoke [past, plural], speketh [imperative, plural, present], speke [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], spekynge [participle, present], spekende [participle, present], speken [participle, past], yspeken [participle, past], speke [participle, past], yspeke [participle, past], spoken [participle, past], yspoken [participle, past], spoke [participle, past], yspoke [participle, past], spek [alternative], speke [alternative], spæcken [alternative, Early-Middle-English], speoken [alternative, Early-Middle-English], speake [alternative, Late-Middle-English], speek [alternative, Late-Middle-English], spekon [alternative, Late-Middle-English], spekyn [alternative, Late-Middle-English], speck [alternative], speike [alternative], spekenn [alternative, Ormulum]
  1. to speak (communicate using the voice) Derived forms: mysspeken, spekere

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "The title of the one hundred and eighth psalm: \"To Victory; the Psalm of David\" / God; don't hold still my praising, as the mouths of the sinners and the mouths of the guilty have opened against me. / They spoke against me with a guilty tongue, they acted against me with words of hatred, and they fought against me without justification.",
          "ref": "a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Psalms 108:1-3”, in Wycliffe's Bible:",
          "text": "The title of the hundrid and eiȝtthe ſalm. To victorye, the ſalm of Dauid. / God, holde thou not ſtille my preiſyng; for the mouth of the ſynner, and the mouth of the gileful man is openyd on me. / Thei ſpaken ayens me with a gileful tunge, and thei cumpassiden me with wordis of hatrede; and fouȝten ayens me with out cauſe.",
          "translation": "The title of the one hundred and eighth psalm: \"To Victory; the Psalm of David\" / God; don't hold still my praising, as the mouths of the sinners and the mouths of the guilty have opened against me. / They spoke against me with a guilty tongue, they acted against me with words of hatred, and they fought against me without justification.",
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      "form": "speike",
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      "form": "spekenn",
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        "4a": "spok",
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
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              211
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          "english": "The title of the one hundred and eighth psalm: \"To Victory; the Psalm of David\" / God; don't hold still my praising, as the mouths of the sinners and the mouths of the guilty have opened against me. / They spoke against me with a guilty tongue, they acted against me with words of hatred, and they fought against me without justification.",
          "ref": "a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Psalms 108:1-3”, in Wycliffe's Bible:",
          "text": "The title of the hundrid and eiȝtthe ſalm. To victorye, the ſalm of Dauid. / God, holde thou not ſtille my preiſyng; for the mouth of the ſynner, and the mouth of the gileful man is openyd on me. / Thei ſpaken ayens me with a gileful tunge, and thei cumpassiden me with wordis of hatrede; and fouȝten ayens me with out cauſe.",
          "translation": "The title of the one hundred and eighth psalm: \"To Victory; the Psalm of David\" / God; don't hold still my praising, as the mouths of the sinners and the mouths of the guilty have opened against me. / They spoke against me with a guilty tongue, they acted against me with words of hatred, and they fought against me without justification.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "14ᵗʰ Century, Chaucer, General Prologue\nAnd whan that he wel dronken hadde the wyn,\nThan wolde he speke no word but Latyn.\nAnd when he had drunk all the wine\nHe would not speak a word other than Latin"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɛ̞ːkən/"
    }
  ],
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}

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