spearca

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *sparkō, from Proto-Germanic *sprakô.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈspæ͜ɑr.kɑ/, [ˈspæ͜ɑrˠ.kɑ]

Noun[edit]

spearca m

(literally or figuratively) a spark

Declension[edit]

Declension of spearca (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	spearca	spearcan
accusative	spearcan	spearcan
genitive	spearcan	spearcena
dative	spearcan	spearcum

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: sparke, sparc, sparck, spark, sperk, sperke
- English: spark (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: spark, sperk

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “SPEARCA”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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