See sprecan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "speken"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: speken\nEnglish: speak\nScots: speke, speik",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
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]
},
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]
},
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"present",
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"singular"
]
},
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"past",
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]
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]
},
{
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"past",
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"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sprecaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sprǣcon",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sprecen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sprǣcen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sprec",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sprecaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sprecende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sprecen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġesprecen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
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}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sprecan<s5>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"langcode": "ang",
"name": "Talking",
"orig": "ang:Talking",
"parents": [
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Human",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "besprecan"
},
{
"word": "forsprecan"
},
{
"word": "forþsprecan"
},
{
"word": "ġesprecan"
},
{
"word": "missprecan"
},
{
"word": "ofersprecan"
},
{
"word": "spreca"
},
{
"word": "wiþsprecan"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Tell me, who was the first man who spoke with a dog?",
"text": "The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn\nSaga mē, hwylc man ǣrest wǣre wið hund sprecende?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The Sami, it seemed to him, and the Bjarmians spoke almost the same language.",
"text": "c. 890s, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan\nÞā Finnas, him þūhte, and þā Beormas sprǣcon nēah ān ġeþēode.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "His disciples were amazed that he was talking to a woman, though none of them said \"What are you looking for?\" or \"What are you saying to her?\"",
"roman": "His leornungcneohtas wundrodon þæt hē wiþ wīf spræc, þēah heora nān ne cwæþ \"Hwæt sēcst þū?\" oþþe \"Hwæt spricst þū wiþ hīe?\"",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 4:27",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Peter by himself spoke for the whole group.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle\"\nPetrus āna spræc for ealne þone hēap.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"to speak, talk"
],
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[
"speak",
"speak"
],
[
"talk",
"talk"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "sprǣċ"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mǣlan"
},
{
"word": "maþelian"
},
{
"word": "reordian"
},
{
"word": "clipian"
},
{
"word": "cweþan"
},
{
"word": "cwiddian"
},
{
"word": "spreocan"
},
{
"word": "spræcan"
},
{
"english": "later form",
"word": "specan"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspre.kɑn/"
}
],
"word": "sprecan"
}
{
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{
"word": "besprecan"
},
{
"word": "forsprecan"
},
{
"word": "forþsprecan"
},
{
"word": "ġesprecan"
},
{
"word": "missprecan"
},
{
"word": "ofersprecan"
},
{
"word": "spreca"
},
{
"word": "wiþsprecan"
}
],
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"1": "enm",
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},
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"name": "desctree"
}
],
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}
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},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *sprekan.",
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{
"form": "strong",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "5",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "sprecan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "sprecenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "sprece",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "spræc",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "spricst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sprǣce",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
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"form": "spricþ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "spræc",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sprecaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sprǣcon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sprece",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sprǣce",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sprecen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sprǣcen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sprec",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sprecaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sprecende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sprecen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġesprecen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "sprecan",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
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"args": {
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},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "sprǣċ"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English class 5 strong verbs",
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Old English verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Tell me, who was the first man who spoke with a dog?",
"text": "The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn\nSaga mē, hwylc man ǣrest wǣre wið hund sprecende?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The Sami, it seemed to him, and the Bjarmians spoke almost the same language.",
"text": "c. 890s, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan\nÞā Finnas, him þūhte, and þā Beormas sprǣcon nēah ān ġeþēode.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "His disciples were amazed that he was talking to a woman, though none of them said \"What are you looking for?\" or \"What are you saying to her?\"",
"roman": "His leornungcneohtas wundrodon þæt hē wiþ wīf spræc, þēah heora nān ne cwæþ \"Hwæt sēcst þū?\" oþþe \"Hwæt spricst þū wiþ hīe?\"",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 4:27",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Peter by himself spoke for the whole group.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle\"\nPetrus āna spræc for ealne þone hēap.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to speak, talk"
],
"links": [
[
"speak",
"speak"
],
[
"talk",
"talk"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspre.kɑn/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mǣlan"
},
{
"word": "maþelian"
},
{
"word": "reordian"
},
{
"word": "clipian"
},
{
"word": "cweþan"
},
{
"word": "cwiddian"
},
{
"word": "spreocan"
},
{
"word": "spræcan"
},
{
"english": "later form",
"word": "specan"
}
],
"word": "sprecan"
}
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