sprecel

Old English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspre.kel/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sprekl.

Alternative forms

Noun

sprecel ? or n (see usage notes)

  1. (hapax legomenon) a spot
    haran spreccil
    hare's spot(s)
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:

singular plural
nominative sprecel sprecel
accusative sprecel sprecel
genitive spreceles sprecela
dative sprecele sprecelum
Descendants
  • Middle English: *sprekel, sprekle

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *sprekal, a variant of *sprekul.

Adjective

sprecel

  1. alternative form of sprecol
Declension
Declension of sprecel — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sprecel sprecel sprecel
Accusative sprecelne sprecele sprecel
Genitive spreceles sprecelre spreceles
Dative sprecelum sprecelre sprecelum
Instrumental sprecele sprecelre sprecele
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sprecele sprecela, sprecele sprecel
Accusative sprecele sprecela, sprecele sprecel
Genitive sprecelra sprecelra sprecelra
Dative sprecelum sprecelum sprecelum
Instrumental sprecelum sprecelum sprecelum
Declension of sprecel — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sprecela sprecele sprecele
Accusative sprecelan sprecelan sprecele
Genitive sprecelan sprecelan sprecelan
Dative sprecelan sprecelan sprecelan
Instrumental sprecelan sprecelan sprecelan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sprecelan sprecelan sprecelan
Accusative sprecelan sprecelan sprecelan
Genitive sprecelra, sprecelena sprecelra, sprecelena sprecelra, sprecelena
Dative sprecelum sprecelum sprecelum
Instrumental sprecelum sprecelum sprecelum
Derived terms
  • swīþsprecel
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