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ge-sprecan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-sprecan, -specan; p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen
To speak, speak with, agree; sometimes takes an accusative of the person spoken to
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  • Gif ðú him wuht hearmes gesprǽce

    if thou hast said to him aught injurious,

    • Cd. 30
      • ;
    • Th. 41, 24
      • ;
    • Gen. 661.

  • Feala worda gespæc se engel

    many words spake the angel,

    • 15
      • ;
    • Th. 18, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 271.

  • Adam gespræc

    Adam spoke,

    • 27
      • ;
    • Th. 36, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 580.

  • Ðe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon

    which ye two in former days oft agreed upon,

    • Exon. 123 a
      • ;
    • Th. 476, 16
      • ;
    • Bo. 15: 123 b
      • ;
    • Th. 475, 24
      • ;
    • Bo. 52.

  • Feówer ða strengestan þeóda hý him betweonum gesprǽcan

    the four strongest peoples agreed with one another,

    • Ors. 3, 10
      • ;
    • Bos. 69, 33: 6, 10
      • ;
    • Bos. 120, 32.

  • Mid ðý ðe hie ðis gesprecen hæfdon

    when they had said this,

    • Blickl. Homl. 143, 14: 191, 23: Elen. Kmbl. 2568
      • ;
    • El. 1285.

  • God hí gespræc ðá

    God addressed them then,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 456, 26: 156, 16.

  • Ðá wæs ic gesprecende ðone man

    then was I conversing with the man,

    • Shrn. 36, 19.

  • Plato hæfde hine gesprecen

    Plato had conversed with him,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 70, 443.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sprecan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16118.

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