forespræc
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *forēsprāku, equivalent to fore- + sprǣċ. Cognate with Old High German forasprāhha.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfo.reˌspræːt͡ʃ/
Noun
foresprǣċ f
- advocacy
- an excuse
- speech by the representative of another; that which is said by a sponsor
- that which has been already said; the contents of a document
- a forespeech, preface, foreword, introductory, a speaking before, a fore-promise
Declension
Declension of forespræc (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
- Middle English: forspeche
- English: forespeech
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fórespræc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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