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  • -- Comp.: æfen -, gylp-spræc. sprecan, st. v., _to speak_: inf. ic sceal forð sprecan gen ymbe Grendel

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • _ (I shall go on speaking about G. _), 2070; w.acc. se þe wyle sôð sprecan

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • B. proposes: woldon gēn cwīðan [ond] kyning wordgyd wrecan ond ymb wēl sprecan.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • _ (I shall go on speaking about G. _), 2070; w.acc. sē þe wyle sōð sprecan

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • B. proposes: woldon gên cwîðan [ond] kyning wordgyd wrecan ond ymb wel sprecan.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • -- Comp.: ǣfen -, gylp-sprǣc. sprecan, st. v., _to speak_: inf. ic sceal forð sprecan gēn ymbe Grendel

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Wé cildra biddaþ þé, éalá láréow, þæt þú taéce ús sprecan rihte, forþám ungelaérede wé sindon, and gewæmmodlíce we sprecaþ ...

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2008

  • æþelinga bearn, ealra twelfe/, woldon ceare/ cwiðan ond kyning mænan, wordgyd wrecan ond ymb wer/ sprecan;

    RIP Duke Gyrth Oldcastle of Ravenspur ealdthryth 2004

  • 1000 AD: Wé cildra biddaþ þé, éalá láréow, þæt þú taéce ús sprecan rihte, forþám ungelaérede wé sindon, and gewæmmodlíce we sprecaþ …

    Futurese: The English Language in 3000 AD | Disinformation 2008

  • 1000 AD: Wé cildra biddaþ þé, éalá láréow, þæt þú tæ'ce ús sprecan rihte, forþám ungelæ'rede wé sindon, and gewæmmodlíce we sprecaþ...

    languagehat.com: XENOLINGUISTICS AND FUTURESE. 2005

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