sprecan

Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (5)
(p spræc, spæc; p.p. sprecen, specen) to speak, say; to utter (also specan)
Etymology
[Mod E SPEAKProt-Germ *sprekan; O Fris spreka; O Sax sprekan; Dt spreken; OHG sprehhan (Mod G sprechen)]
Paradigm

4.1.5. - V class

In Proto-Germanic (and also in Gothic), the fifth class of strong verbs was characterized by the vowel interchange i/ă + any consonant, except sonant. In Anglo-Saxon, the fifth class of ablaut/vowel gradation of strong verbs is represented by four main versions: (a) the version with vowel -e- in its pres tense stem; (b) the version with vowel -i- in its pres tns stem and the gemination of the following consonant; (c) the version with consonant change in accordance with Verner’s law; and (d) the version with the diphthongized vowel after palatal consonant.

In addition, (e) the fifth class of the Anglo-Saxon strong verbs includes the version, which is characterized by the vowel contraction resulting from the dropping of the consonant h (and also by some other anomalies).

V class infinitive past tense singular past tense plural past participle
to measure (a) metan mæt mǽton meten
to sit, be seated (b) sittan sæt sǽton seten
to say, speak (c) cweðan cwæþ cwǽdon cweden
to give; to grant (d) ȝiefan ȝeaf ȝéafon ȝiefen
to see (e) séon seah sǽȝon, sáwon, séȝon seȝen, sewen