spearca

== Old English == === Alternative forms === spærca === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *sparkō, from Proto-Germanic *sprakô. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspæ͜ɑr.kɑ/, [ˈspæ͜ɑrˠ.kɑ] === Noun === spearca m (literal or figurative) a spark Synonyms: *funca, fȳrgnāst, *gnāst, ysel, ysle ==== Declension ==== Weak: ==== Derived terms ==== fȳrspearca spearcian spierċan ⇒ Old English: forspierċan ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: sparke, sparc, sparck, spark, sperk, sperkeEnglish: spark (see there for further descendants)Scots: spark, sperk === Verb === spearca second-person singular imperative of spearcian === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “SPEARCA”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.