different between spake vs splake

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spe?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English spake, spak, from Old Norse spakr (“wise, gentle, quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *spakaz (“wise, clever”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pe?- (“to understand; intelligent, attentive”). Cognate with Swedish spak (“manageable”), Danish spag (“quiet, gentle, timid, tame”).

Adjective

spake (comparative more spake, superlative most spake)

1. (obsolete) Quiet; tame.
2. (obsolete) Ready; prompt.

Derived terms

• spakely

Etymology 2

From Middle English spak, from Old English spæc, first and third person singular past tense of specan (“to speak”). More at speak.

Verb

spake

1. (archaic) simple past tense of speak

References

• spake in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• spake in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• -speak, Akpes, Paeks, Pasek, Peaks, kapes, peaks, speak

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

spake

1. Alternative form of spoke

Etymology 2

Verb

spake

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of speken

English

Etymology

Blend of speckled +? lake

Noun

splake (plural splakes)

1. A hybrid fish derived from a male brook trout and a female lake trout

   Synonym: wendigo

Translations

Anagrams

• Lepaks, lepaks