forespræc
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *forēsprāku, equivalent to fore- + sprǣċ. Cognate with Old High German forasprāhha.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Declension of foresprǣċ (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: forspeche
- English: forespeech
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fórespræc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.