sprecel

== Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspre.kel/ Rhymes: -e.kel === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *sprekl. ==== Alternative forms ==== spreccil ==== Noun ==== sprecel ? or n (see usage notes) (hapax legomenon) a spot ===== Usage notes ===== The precise gender is unknown. Based on the attested text (wherein the noun is likely used in the nominative plural) and nearest cognate Middle High German spreckel, a strong neuter a-stem, the Old English is assumed to be neuter. ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: *sprekel, sprekle English: spreckle Scots: spreckel, spreckle === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *sprekal, a variant of *sprekul. ==== Adjective ==== sprecel alternative form of sprecol ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== swīþsprecel