sprecel

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Old English

Alternative forms
  • spreccil

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sprek(k)al.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspre.kel/

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
Declension of sprecel (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sprecel sprecel
accusative sprecel sprecel
genitive spreceles sprecela
dative sprecele sprecelum

Descendants
  • Middle English: *sprekel, sprekle
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