A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ sporwrecel]? m. what is tracked after being driven off? (BT), TC 172²⁶.

[ ±spōwan⁷] to succeed, thrive, Æ, AO, CP: (impers.) profit, avail, help, Æ.

[ spōwendlīce] adv. prosperously.

[ spracen] n. berry-bearing alder.

[ spræc] I. n. shoot, slip, WW 44²⁹.

[II.] pret. 3 sg. of [sprecan].

[ sprǣc] (ē) f. language, Æ, Bo, Mt: power of ‘speech,’ Lcd, LL: statement, narrative, fable, discourse, conversation, Æ, Bl, CP, LPs: eloquence, Æ: report, rumour, Lk: decision, judgment: charge, suit, CP, PPs, TC: point, question: place for speaking, NG (ē).

spræcan = [sprecan]

[ sprǣccyn] n. mode of speech, BH 486¹.

[ +sprǣce] eloquent, affable.