sprecel

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Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspre.kel/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sprekl.

Alternative forms

  • spreccil

Noun

sprecel ? or n (see usage notes)

  1. 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
Descendants
  • Middle English: *sprekel, sprekle

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

sprecel

  1. Alternative form of sprecol
Declension
Derived terms
  • swīþsprecel
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