sprecan

== Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *sprekan. === Verb === sprecan to speak ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== anasprecan bisprecan ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: sprēkenDutch: sprekenLimburgish: spraeke ==== Further reading ==== “sprekan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old English == === Alternative forms === spreocan, spræcan specan — late Kentish, Late West Saxon === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *sprekan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspre.kɑn/ Rhymes: -e.kɑn === Verb === sprecan to speak, talk The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn c. 890s, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 4:27 c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle" ==== Usage notes ==== To talk to or with someone was expressed using tō + dative or wiþ + accusative, not with mid. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== mǣlan maþelian reordian clipian cweþan cwiddian ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== sprǣċ ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: speken, spek, speke, spæcken, speoken (Early Middle English), speake, speek, spekon, spekyn (Late Middle English), speck, speike (Northern, Northwest Midland), spekenn (Ormulum)English: speakEnglish: (West Yorkshire) speykEnglish: (Ottawa-Valley) spek, spikMiddle Scots: speke, speikScots: speik, speak, spik, spikk