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be-sprecan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-sprecan, part. -sprecende, ic -sprece, ðú -sprecest, -sprycst, he -spreceþ, -sprycþ, pl. -sprecaþ; p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen, -spræcen [be by, sprecan to speak]
To speak to, to tell, pretend, plead, speak against, to complain, charge, accuse, impeach; obloqui
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  • Fram stefne besprecendre oððe ofersprecendes

    a voce obloquentis,

      Ps. Lamb. 43, 17.
  • Cristene Róma besprycþ

    Christian Rome complains,

      Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 45.
  • Hú ge besprecaþ

    how ye complain!

      Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 9.
  • Hit besprecen biþ

    it is charged,

      L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 16 : Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 39.
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