speche

Middle English

Alternative forms

speke, spech, spetch, spæc, spæch, speeche

Etymology

From Old English spǣċ; a form of sprǣċ, from Proto-Germanic *sprēkō. Some forms are influenced by the verb speken.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spɛːtʃ/, /speːtʃ/
(influenced by speken) IPA^(key): /spɛːk/, /speːk/

Noun

speche (plural speches or spechen)

Synonyms

(language): langage
(language): tung
(language): thede
(language): leden, lede

Descendants

English: speech
Scots: spech, spek

References

“spēch(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.

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