"speik" meaning in Scots

See speik in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: speiks [present, singular, third-person], speikin [participle, present], spack [past], spocken [participle, past], speak [alternative], spik [alternative], spikk [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle Scots speik, from Northern Middle English speke, from Old English sprecan, from Proto-West Germanic * sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sco|gmw-msc|speik|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Scots speik, {{inh+|sco|gmw-msc|speik}} Inherited from Middle Scots speik, {{inh|sco|enm-nor|speke}} Northern Middle English speke, {{inh|sco|ang|sprecan}} Old English sprecan, {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|* sprekan}} Proto-West Germanic * sprekan, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*sprekaną}} Proto-Germanic *sprekaną Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|speiks|present participle|speikin|simple past|spack|past participle|spocken|head=}} speik (third-person singular simple present speiks, present participle speikin, simple past spack, past participle spocken), {{sco-verb|speiks|speikin|spack|spocken}} speik (third-person singular simple present speiks, present participle speikin, simple past spack, past participle spocken)
  1. to speak (communicate using the voice)
    Sense id: en-speik-sco-verb-dfw1OlpZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header
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