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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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  • ge-sprecan, v.