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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"english": "Tell me, who was the first man that spake 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 \"Why are you talking 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",
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},
{
"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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"english": "'Cry ye yet louder, peradventure he sleepeth, that he may at least awaken and answer unto you.'",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"De libro regum\"\nClypiað git hluddor uncuð þeah þe he slæpe þæt he huru aƿacnige and eoƿ ƿið spræce",
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"word": "reordian"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "clipian"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "cweþan"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "cwiddian"
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"english": "later form",
"word": "specan"
}
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"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 verbs"
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{
"word": "missprecan"
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"present",
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"past",
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"plural",
"present"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"present",
"singular"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural",
"present"
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"source": "conjugation",
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{
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"imperative",
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"form": "ġesprecen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past"
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"english": "Tell me, who was the first man that spake 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 \"Why are you talking 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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"english": "'Cry ye yet louder, peradventure he sleepeth, that he may at least awaken and answer unto you.'",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"De libro regum\"\nClypiað git hluddor uncuð þeah þe he slæpe þæt he huru aƿacnige and eoƿ ƿið spræce",
"type": "quotation"
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}
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"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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