speken

Etymology

From Old English specan, from the earlier sprecan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną.

Verb

speken (third-person singular simple present speketh, present participle spekinge, simple past spak, past participle speken)

1. to speak (communicate using the voice)
   • 14^th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue

     And whan that he wel dronken hadde the wyn,
     Than wolde he speke no word but Latyn.

     And when he had drunk all the wine
     He would not speak a word other than Latin