spræcleas

Old English

Alternative forms
  • spǣċlēas

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sprēkijalausaz, equivalent to sprǣċ +‎ -lēas. Cognate with Old High German sprāhhalōs.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspræːt͡ʃˌlæːɑs/

Adjective

sprǣċlēas

  1. Speechless, without the power of speech.

Declension
Declension of spræcleas — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sprǣċlēas sprǣċlēas sprǣċlēas
Accusative sprǣċlēasne sprǣċlēase sprǣċlēas
Genitive sprǣċlēases sprǣċlēasre sprǣċlēases
Dative sprǣċlēasum sprǣċlēasre sprǣċlēasum
Instrumental sprǣċlēase sprǣċlēasre sprǣċlēase
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sprǣċlēase sprǣċlēasa, -e sprǣċlēas
Accusative sprǣċlēase sprǣċlēasa, -e sprǣċlēas
Genitive sprǣċlēasra sprǣċlēasra sprǣċlēasra
Dative sprǣċlēasum sprǣċlēasum sprǣċlēasum
Instrumental sprǣċlēasum sprǣċlēasum sprǣċlēasum
Declension of spræcleas — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sprǣċlēasa sprǣċlēase sprǣċlēase
Accusative sprǣċlēasan sprǣċlēasan sprǣċlēase
Genitive sprǣċlēasan sprǣċlēasan sprǣċlēasan
Dative sprǣċlēasan sprǣċlēasan sprǣċlēasan
Instrumental sprǣċlēasan sprǣċlēasan sprǣċlēasan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sprǣċlēasan sprǣċlēasan sprǣċlēasan
Accusative sprǣċlēasan sprǣċlēasan sprǣċlēasan
Genitive sprǣċlēasra, sprǣċlēasena sprǣċlēasra, sprǣċlēasena sprǣċlēasra, sprǣċlēasena
Dative sprǣċlēasum sprǣċlēasum sprǣċlēasum
Instrumental sprǣċlēasum sprǣċlēasum sprǣċlēasum

Synonyms
  • ǣtynge
  • cwidelēas

Descendants

References
  • sprǽcleás in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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